Kenneth Yalowitz, Stacy Closson
Security, Asia
Could Russia’s defenisve measures and other geopolitical tensions negatively impact the Arctic Council’s cooperative efforts?
Finland will assume the chairmanship next month of the eight-member Arctic Council at a time of heightened geopolitical tension. The council, which includes the United States, four other NATO members, Finland, Sweden and Russia, has so far succeeded in advancing cooperative environmental and scientific steps in the region, leading some people to regard the Arctic as one of the few areas for continued cooperation with Russia. But that cooperation may be affected by tensions between the United States and Russia over …read more
Source: The National Interest
