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Adam Lajeunesse

Adam Lajeunesse is an assistant professor at St. Francis Xavier University where he holds the Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Arctic Marine Security. He is also a research associate at the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies and the Arctic Institute of North America—both at the University of Calgary, and a fellow with the Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism at the University of Waterloo. He is a regular lecturer at the NATO Defence College (Rome) and the Canadian Forces College (Toronto) as well as a frequent speaker on northern security issues for academic, government, and military audiences.


Trump is reviving China’s Arctic ambitions

The Trump administration’s current Arctic policy is a high-stakes game of Russian roulette, risking the destruction of America’s regional alliances, and its own national security. From the ashes of that destruction, China will find an obvious path to revitalize its claim to prominence in the Arctic.

opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | January 15, 2026

Trump throws down the Arctic gauntlet: get ready for a rocky summer

opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | June 10, 2019