Lawson Brigham

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Lawson W. Brigham is distinguished professor of geography and Arctic policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a fellow at the U.S. Coast Guard Academys Center for Arctic Study & Policy, and a member of the Hoover Institutes Arctic Security Initiative.

Polar Code heralds a new era of safer navigation in Arctic waters

The IMO’s Polar Code will long be remembered in Alaska and throughout the circumpolar world for protecting Arctic peoples and the marine environment.

By Lawson Brigham●

January 10, 2017 at 6:01 pm

Strengthen Arctic cooperation between the US and China

OPINION: China and the U.S. have an obligation and opportunity to work together on a range of cooperative issues to maintain the Arctics future as a peaceful, safe and secure region, as that new frontier opens.

By David Slayton and Lawson Brigham●

August 27, 2015 at 5:50 pm

Russia and US must maintain Arctic relations in an interconnected world

OPINION: Despite the two nations' conflicting interests in other regions of the world, there are four major reasons for the U.S. to strongly consider cooperating with Russia in the Arctic.

By David Slayton, Lawson Brigham and Ph.D ●

May 10, 2015 at 5:50 pm