Adam Lajeunesse is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at St. Jerome’s University. He is also a research associate at the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies at the University of Calgary and a fellow with the Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism at the University of Waterloo. P. Whitney Lackenbauer is a Canadian historian and frequent commentator on contemporary circumpolar affairs. He is a professor at St. Jerome’s University (University of Waterloo) who specializes in Arctic sovereignty and security issues, Aboriginal-state relations, circumpolar history and modern Canadian military, diplomatic and political history. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/adam-lajeunesse-p-whitney-lackenbauer/rss en Geopolitics & Security Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney Lackenbauer https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/04/14/canadian-arctic-security-russias-not-coming https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/04/14/canadian-arctic-security-russias-not-coming Russian military operations in the Arctic and on-going political tensions elsewhere in the world are feeding fears that Russian icebreakers will soon be seen charging into Canadian waters. In reality, Canada is highly unlikely to see such a challenge and initiatives aimed at preventing such incursions are certain to fail.