Event Details

The annual Martin Edmonds Memorial Lecture is co-hosted by the Centre for War and Diplomacy and the Lancaster Military Heritage Group. This year's speaker is Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, professor of war studies at Loughborough University. A wine reception will follow the talk.

The Arctic is melting: climate change means that the Arctic is losing sea ice and warming faster than anywhere else on the globe. New sea routes are opening, oil, gas, and rare earth minerals are becoming more accessible, and the great powers seek to exploit these changes for geopolitical advantage. While President Trump eyes Greenland, China seeks to establish its Arctic presence and Russia protects its 'backyard'. The Arctic arena is one of nuclear confrontation and militarization. Can peace can be preserved as the ice fades?