Rebecca Pincus

Oct 16, 2024 | wilsoncenter.org | Rebecca Pincus

Dear colleagues,  I am delighted to introduce the Polar Institute’s new initiative, the US Polar Leadership Project. Intended to raise awareness of the importance of US leadership at a crucial juncture for both the Arctic and Antarctica, USPLP will will argue forcefully for the importance of US leadership via a multiyear program spotlighting the necessity and benefits of engagement in the poles.

Jul 15, 2024 | wilsoncenter.org | Mark Kennedy |Rebecca Pincus |Jason Moyer

ICE Pact, AUKUS and BeyondMark KennedyDirector, Wahba Institute for Strategic CompetitionDanger signs are flashing at the degree to which the US has allowed itself to fall behind in shipbuilding. It has fallen from global shipbuilding leadership in 1975 to 19th place today. The United Nations reports that only 0.13% of the world’s shipbuilding capacity resides in North America.

May 3, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Rebecca Pincus

Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a short series examining maritime geography and strategic challenges in specific bodies of water, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea and the South China Sea. The Arctic Ocean may be the world’s smallest but it looms large in the imagination. Remote and unique, the Arctic is, for some at least, the most romanticized ocean in the world. It has been fueling legends and ambitions for centuries, and continues to fuel new geopolitical myths today.

Apr 3, 2024 | wilsoncenter.org | Rebecca Pincus |Lawson Brigham

The recent accession of by NATO as its 32nd member is a consequential political event for the Arctic. The new alignment at the top of the world has long-term geopolitical and security implications.

Oct 24, 2023 | warontherocks.com | Katarzyna Zysk |Rebecca Pincus

The U.S. Navy and its NATO allies may be gearing up to challenge Russia’s excessive legal claims to the Northern Sea route by conducting a freedom of navigation operation. Multinational naval exercises have been taking place in the Barents Sea, and at some point they might include a freedom of navigation operation. The stakes are high, given the tensions following Russia’s reinvasion of Ukraine in 2022.