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With relations between Moscow and Western governments the iciest in decades due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts wonder if the Arctic will become the next powder keg.
The Russo-Ukrainian War has had significant geopolitical consequences in the Arctic region, including on the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum focused on Arctic issues that was founded in 1996 by eight Arctic states: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States of America.
The Russian region of the Arctic is defined in the "Russian Arctic Policy" as all Russian possessions located north of the Arctic Circle. Approximately one-fifth of Russia's landmass is north of the Arctic Circle. Russia is one of five littoral states bordering the Arctic Ocean [a]. As of 2010, out of 4 million inhabitants of the Arctic ...
US F-16s flew to Greenland for force posturing after Russian aircraft were detected in the Arctic. The US and Greenland continue their standard agreement for presence in the Arctic region ...
Its jurisdiction is primarily within the northern region of European Russia and the Arctic Ocean. [22] The formal status of the Northern Fleet as a command equal to that of other Russian military districts took effect on January 1, 2021. [23] The Northern Fleet includes about two-thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered ships.
Under President Vladimir Putin, Moscow is rushing to re-open abandoned Soviet military, air and radar bases on remote Arctic islands. Putin's Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet ...
Russia has to a certain degree respected the legal frame of Law of the Sea and collaborated with other Arctic states. But there have been some issues. Russia planted a flag on the seabed of the Arctic in 2007 as an expression of Russian expansion. [64] The aftermath of the Russian Invasion has had an impact on the political situation in the Arctic.
“The Arctic for the U.S. consistently seems to be an afterthought,” he said. “U.S. has not been prioritizing it. Russia is probably 10 years or more ahead of the U.S.