Kenneth Yalowitz, Vincent Gallucci
Security, Eurasia
Rivalries are less tense above the Arctic Circle—for now.
The Arctic is currently experiencing major systemic changes as a result of climate change, which could produce greater international cooperation—or competition, and possibly conflict—among the states concerned. Both the United States and Russia have strong interests in keeping the Arctic an area of peaceful cooperation and the institutions and mechanisms exist to support that outcome. The key question is whether current geopolitical tensions will permit that to happen.
The end of the Cold War led to a period of Arctic scientific and environmental cooperation largely conducted under the …read more
Source: The National Interest
