To remain competitive with Russia and China in the Arctic region, the United States should invest in a fleet of ships, called nuclear-powered icebreakers, that can traverse waters with thick ice, according to an opinion for the Washington Times by David Jonas, member of CERL’s Advisory Council. Plans that are already underway for the United States to acquire non-nuclear icebreaker ships are insufficient in the face of China’s ongoing research and development on nuclear-powered icebreakers and Russia’s growing Arctic fleet.

David S. Jonas is a Partner at Fluet, as well as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University Law School. Read his bio here. 

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