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The deepening rivalry between the United States and a range of countries with conflicting interests has been hailed as  a new era of strategic competition. To maintain a peaceful, stable world order and economic progress and deter aggression,  the US must work in collaboration with its allies to improve their competitiveness.

The Arctic is no longer an isolated or remote region; it is a critical component of the global political, economic, social, physical, and national security landscape. The region is experiencing rapid change in: commerce, climate, commodities, cooperation, competition, communities, and connectivity. Therefore, navigating the Arctic’s 7 C’s requires regional expertise as well as purposeful interdisciplinary approaches.  The Wilson Center is addressing the future of the new “global Arctic.”

In its programming, the Wilson Center assesses a wide array of current rule-of-law challenges—in particular governance, public accountability, human rights, judicial independence, and anti-corruption efforts.  Programmatic activities convene multiple stakeholders—government officials, lawyers, NGO experts, social scientists, the business community—to explore and discuss common obstacles to legal reform and to identify innovative strategies that have been employed around the world to address rule-of-law issues.