President Joe Biden announced he plans to nominate Alaskan Michael Sfraga, an Arctic geography and policy expert, to serve as the first U.S. Arctic ambassador-at-large.
the new position in August after a yearslong push from the Alaska congressional delegation for an Arctic ambassador. The new job elevates the U.S. coordinator for the Arctic region role. For the position, Sfraga would be based in D.C. but travel regularly to the Arctic.in Alaska as tensions escalate with Russia, and China, which has proclaimed itself a “near-Arctic state.”
The Senate must confirm Sfraga’s nomination, which has a stamp of approval from Alaska’s Republican senators.Sen. Lisa Murkowski, founder and co-chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus, has advocated for an Arctic ambassador and celebrated Sfraga’s nomination in a Monday statement. “I’m very pleased to see Dr. Mike Sfraga nominated to serve as Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic Region,” Murkowski said. “This places the U.S. one step closer to having dedicated, high-level diplomatic representation in the Arctic, which will allow us to advance a range of U.S. policy priorities at a crucial time.”Tuesday that he looks forward to working with Sfraga “to ensure the interests of Americans who actually live there are well represented in U.S.
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