Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Arctic is no longer a frozen frontier — it's a frontline. In this panel from the 2026 North America Summit, host Bella Grabowski (AFPI) sits down with a distinguished group of defense and policy experts to tackle one of the most urgent and underappreciated security challenges facing North America today.
Chuck DeVore (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Rear Admiral Peter Brown, Colonel Barry Leonard (Royal Canadian Air Force), and Eric LaPorte (Global Affairs Canada) break down what Russia and China are actually doing in the Arctic right now, why domain awareness is the defining challenge, and whether NORAD modernization is moving fast enough to keep pace with our adversaries.
Topics covered include:
- Russia's military buildup along the Arctic coast and its Northern Sea Route strategy
- China's growing presence in Arctic waters — and what it may really be after
- The staggering scale of Canada's Arctic and why even Canadians underestimate it
- The unique binational trust that makes NORAD the world's only command of its kind
- How the U.S. and Canada can specialize their investments for maximum deterrence
- Hybrid threats, economic vulnerability, and the security of northern communities
"The rules-based international order is the Maginot Line of the 21st century."
Don't miss this critical conversation about the future of North American security.
🔔 Subscribe for more from the 2026 North America Summit.
#Arctic #NORAD #NationalSecurity #NorthAmericaSummit #Geopolitics #Russia #China #Canada #HomelandDefense #AFPI #TPPF
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The Arctic is no longer a frozen frontier — it's a frontline. In this panel from the 2026 North America Summit, host Bella Grabowski (AFPI) sits down with a distinguished group of defense and policy experts to tackle one of the most urgent and underappreciated security challenges facing North America today.
Chuck DeVore (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Rear Admiral Peter Brown, Colonel Barry Leonard (Royal Canadian Air Force), and Eric LaPorte (Global Affairs Canada) break down what Russia and China are actually doing in the Arctic right now, why domain awareness is the defining challenge, and whether NORAD modernization is moving fast enough to keep pace with our adversaries.
Topics covered include:
- Russia's military buildup along the Arctic coast and its Northern Sea Route strategy
- China's growing presence in Arctic waters — and what it may really be after
- The staggering scale of Canada's Arctic and why even Canadians underestimate it
- The unique binational trust that makes NORAD the world's only command of its kind
- How the U.S. and Canada can specialize their investments for maximum deterrence
- Hybrid threats, economic vulnerability, and the security of northern communities
"The rules-based international order is the Maginot Line of the 21st century."
Don't miss this critical conversation about the future of North American security.
🔔 Subscribe for more from the 2026 North America Summit.
#Arctic #NORAD #NationalSecurity #NorthAmericaSummit #Geopolitics #Russia #China #Canada #HomelandDefense #AFPI #TPPF
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas and the nation by educating and affecting policymakers and the Texas public policy debate with academically sound research and outreach.
Funded by thousands of individuals, foundations, and corporations, the Foundation does not accept government funds or contributions to influence the outcomes of its research.
The public is demanding a different direction for their government, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation is providing the ideas that enable policymakers to chart that new course.
Website: texaspolicy.com
X: twitter.com/tppf
Facebook: facebook.com/texaspolicy
Instagram: instagram.com/texaspolicy
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