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The Full Perspective on Critical Infrastructure Checklist (Full POCI)

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 photo, reindeer roam the forest close to a weather station near Kiruna, Sweden.
In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 photo, reindeer roam the forest close to a weather station near Kiruna, Sweden. For many Arctic Indigenous Peoples, infrastructure goes beyond built infrastructure, to include sacred sites, knowledge systems, subsistence lands, and cultural practices that sustain their ways of life.

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The Arctic has long suffered from a dearth of infrastructure that supports both daily life and overall security. The shifting security situation has made infrastructure a critical priority. This brief explores differing concepts of critical infrastructure, highlights different definitions of use, and explains the challenges these differences create. Both “critical” and “infrastructure” are contested terms, and definitions are shaped by culturally and geographically specific needs and interests.

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Kirkegaard, Hans Peder, Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, Gabriela Argüello, Mia Bennett, Karen Everett, Tanja Joona, Juho Kähkönen and Adam Lajeunesse. “The Full Perspective on Critical Infrastructure Checklist (Full POCI).” Fulbright Arctic Initiative, April 13, 2026

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Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon

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Gabriela Argüello

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Mia Bennett

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Karen Everett

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Tanja Joona

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Adam Lajeunesse

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