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The Great Game in the Arctic
by
Frederik Ohsten
Climate change, melting icecaps and new opportunities for access to
valuable resources have reawakened a struggle for power in the Arctic.
The Great powers are jockeying for control of the region.
On the 6 th of August 2012, Russia announced that it plans to build a
string of naval infrastructure hubs along the Arctic's Northern Sea Route.
According to the report, Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev
confirmed that, “[A]uthorities have drafted a list of 'key double-purpose
sites in remote areas of the Arctic seas along the Northern Sea Route' to
enable the 'temporary stationing of Russian Navy warships and vessels
operated by the Federal Security Service's Border Guard Department'”.
This is just one of the latest incidents of sabre-rattling in the Arctic
region. Canada and the United States are also involved in this struggle for
control of this strategic region. So are smaller states such as Norway and
Denmark. A relatively new development is the entry of China on the stage.