The North Atlantic is a central part of NATO’s area of responsibility. It is in fact the main transatlantic link that enables US reinforcements to Europe in the event of a major crises. Norway has the world’s 4th largest merchant fleet and is home to critical infrastructure along the whole coastline, including oil and gas installations, pipelines, fisheries, sub-sea interconnector cables and strategic ports. How do we protect these interests and what challenges do they pose to allied security? What are the driving forces of the maritime domain in the years to come?
Opening Speech: "The Significance of the North Atlantic and the Norwegian
Contribution"
Rear Admiral, Rune Andersen, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy
"A Political Perspective"
Ine Eriksen Søreide, Member of the Conservative Party and Chair of the
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. Former Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence
"The Centrality of the North Atlantic to NATO"
Professor James Henry Bergeron, Political Advisor to the Commander
Allied Maritime Command
"The Geopolitics of Energy Security"
Geir Westgaard, Senior Adviser, Geopolitics & Energy, Global External
Analysis, Equinor
"The US, the North Atlantic and Nuclear Deterrence"
Ambassador Kenneth Braithwaite, former Secretary of the U.S. Navy
and former Ambassador to Norway
