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Arctic Security Wargame, Crisis Decision-Making Simulation
ARCTIC SENTINEL is a high-tempo strategic simulation designed to probe decision-making under ambiguity, pressure, and intensifying geopolitical competition.
In this exercise, participants step into the roles of senior political, defence, and civil-service leaders, grappling with a rapidly evolving Arctic flashpoint shaped by great-power rivalry, contested domains, and incomplete information. As the situation accelerates, escalation risks sharpen, signalling becomes harder to interpret, and attendees must confront how quickly a crisis can drift into more dangerous territory.
What can ARCTIC SENTINEL reveal about strategic behaviour as we move through the mid-2020s? Where do our assumptions break under pressure? And how might simulations unlock creative approaches to international security challenges?
Date:
19 January 2026, 17:30
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
Seminar Room C
Speaker:
Expert Practitioners
Organiser contact email address:
events@emergingthreats.co.uk
Part of:
Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://us21.list-manage.com/survey?u=727d55073cf70ac049beb79ba&id=0717f1ce9e&attribution=false
Audience:
Oxford University Members and Wider Academic/Policy Community
Editor:
Christopher Morris
