Russia’s Deepening Ties to North Korea: China’s Gateway to the Arctic?
Recently, the Moscow Times reported that Russia would coordinate a deal with China and North Korea...
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Ice Dragon: China’s Antarctic Strategy
China’s interest in Antarctica has been a consistent—and proportionate—feature of its rise as a...
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Fear, Honor, and Interest in the Arctic: The Case for Realism and Transactional Balancing
In 2013, Frank Hoffman described the “bifurcation between policy and operations” as a black hole...
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White Hulls in the North: The Case for Tapping Unused Federal Resources in the Arctic
The United States cannot deter what it cannot detect. Two decades of twenty-first-century national...
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The Punishment Paradox: Understanding the Unintended Consequences of Suspending Arctic Cooperation with Russia
The age of Arctic exceptionalism is gone: the high north region is no longer a protected sphere of...
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Melting the Myth of Arctic Exceptionalism
In 1987, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called for the Arctic to be a “zone of peace.” In a...
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Bridging the Gap: How the United States Can Immediately Address its Arctic Capability Limitations
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine is the latest punctuation in Putin’s pattern of bellicosity. US...
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How Will Russia’s War in Ukraine Affect Arctic Engagement?
The Arctic Council’s 2021 Strategic Plan was celebrated for its forward-thinking ambitions....
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