Walter Berbrick, associate professor at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) and co-lead scholar of the Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative, gives the keynote address at the Newport Arctic Seminar at NWC, Jan. 22. The three-day seminar focused on discussing the limitations, opportunities and future of regional forums and organizations for Arctic security. It also explored advantages and disadvantages of Arctic regional security, official and unofficial reasons to intervene, political-military issues and how nations can strengthen their navies to maintain open channels of communication, prevent and manage conflict and enhance maritime security cooperation in the Arctic.