Asst. Professor of Arctic Security. Director, Center for Arctic Security and Resilience (CASR) at University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Krakower, Samual, Troy J. Bouffard, “U.S. Arctic Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC): The Imperative for a Maritime Complex and Corridor in the Bering Region”, Joint Force Quarterly, National Defense University Press, Washington, DC, Oct-Dec 2025.
Bouffard, Troy J., Gennaro D’Angelo, Gabrielle F. Gundry, Travis R. Pitts, Stephen F. Price, Andrew F. Roberts. “Russian Ambitions to Control Freedom of Navigation and Arctic Access: Refined Data Challenging Moscow’s Northern Sea Route Claims”, Arctic Yearbook, Nov 2025.
Bouffard, Troy J., Marc Lanteigne. “China and ‘Deep Bench’ Diplomatic Power”, Strategic Horizons, 1(1), Sep 2025.
Bouffard, Troy J., P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Articulating Smart Power: The Strategic Information Environment of the Northern Sea Route”. Strategic Horizons, 1(1), Sep 2025.
Bouffard, Troy J., Lester W. Grau, Charles K. Bartles & Mathieu Boulègue, "Russian Arctic Land Forces and Defense Trends Redefined by NATO and Ukraine," Parameters 55, no. 3 (2025), doi:10.55540/0031-1723.3356.
Dr. Troy J. Bouffard, U.S. Army (Ret.), has a Masters in Arctic Policy and a Ph.D. in Arctic Defense and Security at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is the director of the UAF Center for Arctic Security and Resilience. Dr. Bouffard is an adjunct professor with the U.S. Army War College as well as a research fellow with the United States Military Academy – Modern War Institute. He was also the former Arctic Advisor to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski as a congressional fellow. Dr. Bouffard was a defense contractor with USNORTHCOM and ALCOM from 2013-2022.