A Battle for the Arctic Is Underway. And the U.S. Is Already Behind.

By Kenneth R. Rosen

2022.12.21

Since the end of the Cold War, the Arctic has largely been free of visible geopolitical conflict. In 1996, the eight countries with Arctic territory formed the Arctic Council, where they agreed to environmental protection standards and pooled technology and money for joint natural resources extraction in the region.

But today, the Arctic is rapidly becoming the center of a new conflict.