# Why Fear Russia in the Arctic? Contemplating Scenarios as an Exercise in Assumption-Testing and “Red Teaming”

> This Strategic Perspective is intended as a series of modest reflections prompted by discussions and debates with colleagues during conferences and workshops over the past two years.

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Whitney Lackenbauer, "[Why Fear Russia in the Arctic? Contemplating Scenarios as an Exercise in Assumption-Testing and 'Red Teaming'](https://www.naadsn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Why-Fear-Russia-in-the-Arctic-upload-20may.pdf)," Strategic Perspectives, NAADSN, 4 May 2020.