Polar power USA: full steam ahead into the Arctic

The Arctic’s melting ice not only acts as an early warning system for the world’s climate, but also makes this region an indicator of change for international security policy. The Trump administration sees the Arctic primarily as an arena of competi­tion between great powers. This could both benefit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul, Michael
Other Authors: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: DEU 2019
Subjects:
Internationale Beziehungen
International relations
Regionale strategische Konzeption
Arctic Council
Entwicklungspolitik
International Politics
Foreign Affairs
Development Policy
USA
Sicherheitspolitik
Verteidigungspolitik
Interessenpolitik
Nordpolargebiet
internationale Sicherheit
United States of America
security policy
defense policy
pressure-group politics
Arctic
international security
10500
Global warming
Nordpol*
Online Access:https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/65535
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-65535-2
https://doi.org/10.18449/2019C42
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Summary:The Arctic’s melting ice not only acts as an early warning system for the world’s climate, but also makes this region an indicator of change for international security policy. The Trump administration sees the Arctic primarily as an arena of competi­tion between great powers. This could both benefit and harm the region. A greater engagement on the part of the USA would be welcome, but if it comes with an at­tempt to exclude other states, this would damage the high level of cooperation that has held sway in the Arctic thus far. US Arctic policy has become a variable that is dependent on great-power rivalry. The resulting polarisation of relations makes it difficult to find the necessary common solutions for coping with the changes caused by global warming. (author's abstract)

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