Geopolitics, Indigenous Peoples, and the Polar Thaw: Sub- and Transnational Fault Lines of the Coming Arctic Cold War
This article examines the current geopolitical transformation of the Arctic region in response to the interplay of rising great power competition (GPC), the institutional empowerment of Arctic indigenous peoples in domestic and international governing bodies, and the continued polar thaw – issues tr...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:ae8ac6270db24fb0a7a1b5a5238041c8 2023-05-15T14:33:02+02:00 Geopolitics, Indigenous Peoples, and the Polar Thaw: Sub- and Transnational Fault Lines of the Coming Arctic Cold War Bary Zellen 2021-06-01 https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.16.2.8 https://doaj.org/article/ae8ac6270db24fb0a7a1b5a5238041c8 en eng The University of Akureyri doi:10.33112/nm.16.2.8 1670-6242 https://doaj.org/article/ae8ac6270db24fb0a7a1b5a5238041c8 undefined Nordicum-Mediterraneum, Vol 16, Iss 2, p A8 (2021) arctic exceptionalism westphalian collaborative sovereignty containment geopolitics indigenous island chains transnational scipo socio Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.16.2.8 2023-01-22T19:14:08Z This article examines the current geopolitical transformation of the Arctic region in response to the interplay of rising great power competition (GPC), the institutional empowerment of Arctic indigenous peoples in domestic and international governing bodies, and the continued polar thaw – issues traditionally discussed separately or in pairs, but not generally all together. It applies classical geopolitical theory to the warming Arctic, finding that the fundamental relationships of Heartland to Rimland, and the isolating buffer of what Mackinder called Lenaland, are in a state of flux, and the once-isolated island chains that dominate the physical geography of the circumpolar Arctic are gaining increasing salience to global security, and must not be overlooked. It examines the political geography of the Arctic and the fundamental importance of its indigenous human terrain, where a future Cold War will either be won or lost. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Unknown Arctic Nordicum-Mediterraneum 16 2 |
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This article examines the current geopolitical transformation of the Arctic region in response to the interplay of rising great power competition (GPC), the institutional empowerment of Arctic indigenous peoples in domestic and international governing bodies, and the continued polar thaw – issues traditionally discussed separately or in pairs, but not generally all together. It applies classical geopolitical theory to the warming Arctic, finding that the fundamental relationships of Heartland to Rimland, and the isolating buffer of what Mackinder called Lenaland, are in a state of flux, and the once-isolated island chains that dominate the physical geography of the circumpolar Arctic are gaining increasing salience to global security, and must not be overlooked. It examines the political geography of the Arctic and the fundamental importance of its indigenous human terrain, where a future Cold War will either be won or lost. |
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Geopolitics, Indigenous Peoples, and the Polar Thaw: Sub- and Transnational Fault Lines of the Coming Arctic Cold War |
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