I hope you get enough people- would love to hear the conversation! You should also sign up to highlight it at the new Lightning Talks sponsored by the SCJ Book Review Office, if you haven’t already: docs.google.com/forms/d/18As...

This whole thread has been great!

Whenever possible, take 24 hours before saying yes or no! I’ve found I’m far more clear eyed about the costs of something and the reasons to say no after sleeping on it.

Conversations here are shifting to reflect dual threats in the Arctic, from the U.S. and Russia; we are destroying the very relationships that have kept us safe. Please, contact your representatives and ask them to treat our friends as friends, not enemies.

We are quickly becoming less, not more, secure because we are treating our friends like enemies. Demanding to buy another country, insulting our longtime allies, and imposing tariffs is causing so much damage to the friendships and relationships that have provided security and peace.

These Norwegian colleagues have seen the U.S. as a friend and an ally, someone who shares their concerns in protecting peace through security in the Arctic. In short, while peace is always tenuous, working with our friends in the Arctic has kept us secure.

Many of my friends and colleagues I have made here have collaborated with the US and with other allies to protect the Arctic from threats, including working with the U.S. military to help them train for Arctic conditions and working to counter Russian propaganda.

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