Towards Arctic dominance: future operational scenarios for the US Army.

• Main Author: Fitzgerald, Chad W.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College 2022
• Subjects: Arctic regions; Future operations; United States Army; Russia; Cold weather operations; Winter warfare; Conflict; Multi-domain operations (MDO); International security; Army operations; Arctic environment and security; Climate change; China; Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD); Sovereignty; Environmental impact analysis; Bering Strait; Greenland; Denmark; Natural resources; Militarization; Civil war; European Union; NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Northeast Passage; United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea; Arctic; Law of the Sea
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll3/id/4299

The Army has a renewed focus on "regaining Arctic dominance," with a new strategy published in January 2021. The document identified the need for an MDO enabled operational division and Army units to conduct sustained operations in extreme cold weather. This monograph will consider the changing Arctic to develop future conflict scenarios to assess implications for United States Army units designated for operations in extreme cold weather. The monograph will also argue that the employment of multi-domain operations and changing environmental considerations will profoundly impact international security and the application of Army operations. Changes to the Arctic environment triggered by climate change will alter state and organizational behaviors, resulting in an increased propensity for conflict. It proposes that Russia and China, emboldened by increased access to Arctic resources, seek to position additional A2AD assets in the Arctic circle to limit US power projection into the region and capitalize on natural resources organic to the Arctic.