Arctic 2035

Interactive crisis game

Arctic 2035

An unfolding geopolitical crisis. Represent a national strategic advisory cell, assess incomplete intelligence and decide how your country responds.

Join the game How it works
3
Rounds
Team-based
Online

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Enter the crisis

Discover the setting, the stakes and the decisions awaiting your team in Arctic 2035.

The crisis begins

Tensions are rising in the Arctic. Ambiguity, competition and limited information create high-stakes choices. Your team has been convened to advise national leadership. The future depends on the decisions you make together.

01

Receive your briefing

Review your national objectives, intelligence summaries and the current strategic context.

02

Make your decisions

Discuss as a team, weigh risks, balance priorities and choose your course of action.

03

Face the consequences

See how the situation evolves, then adapt to new developments and their implications.

How the game works

Round1
  • BriefingReceive your situation update.
  • Team decisionDecide how to respond.
  • White-cell outcomeYour actions are assessed.
Round2
  • BriefingReceive new intelligence.
  • Team decisionNegotiate and adapt.
  • White-cell outcomeThe crisis develops.
Round3
  • BriefingConfront the final situation.
  • Team decisionChoose your endgame.
  • White-cell outcomeDiscover the consequences.

Six-week experience

Game schedule

Arctic 2035 unfolds over six weeks. Your team receives new information, submits three moves and sees the crisis respond to its decisions.

  1. Game begins

    Receive your briefing

    Meet your team and review your role, objectives and intelligence.

  2. Round one

    First move due

    Submit your team’s opening decisions.

  3. Game response

    The crisis reacts

    Receive the consequences and new information.

  4. Round two

    Second move due

    Adapt your strategy and submit your next decisions.

  5. Game response

    The situation develops

    Discover how the strategic environment has changed.

  6. Final round

    Last move due

    Submit your team’s final course of action.

Choose.
Negotiate.
Adapt.

Every decision shapes the strategic environment. Work with your team, anticipate other actors and adapt to an uncertain future.

Before you join

Who

Open to conference guests with an interest in strategy and policy.

Format

An online, team-based simulation guided by the white cell.

Duration

Six weeks, from 31 August to the final move on 12 October 2026.

What you need

A stable internet connection and your assigned team information.

Ready to enter Arctic 2035?

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