The Next Geographical Pivot
In the summer of 2007, when the Russian fl ag was placed on the ocean fl oor at the North Pole and the Arctic ice cover receded to the lowest extent ever recorded, the media sought story lines that would grab the public’s attention. Titles and headlines such as “Arctic Meltdown,” “A New Cold War,” a...
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U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons
2018
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Online Access: | https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol63/iss3/3 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=nwc-review |
Summary: | In the summer of 2007, when the Russian fl ag was placed on the ocean fl oor at the North Pole and the Arctic ice cover receded to the lowest extent ever recorded, the media sought story lines that would grab the public’s attention. Titles and headlines such as “Arctic Meltdown,” “A New Cold War,” and “Arctic Land Grab,” focusing on Russian activities in the Arctic, all fed a sense of competition, conflict, and crisis. |
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