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Energy Deals are Creating a Powerful Alliance Between China and Russia

15 October 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Vanand Meliksetian Oil Price The Chinese economic growth miracle is disrupting the global balance of power. President Trump’s trade war with China was the latest manifestation of Washington’s effort […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Arctic Science Cannot Afford a New Cold War

2 October 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

Editorial Nature Records are being broken in the Arctic, but not the kinds to celebrate. Last summer, Greenland lost more than twice as much ice as the yearly average since […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

America is Preparing for the Wrong Arctic Crisis

13 August 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Victoria Herrmann Scientific American In late July, the Trump Administration appointed James DeHart as the first U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Different Levels of Geopolitics of the Arctic

16 January 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Østhagen Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Few areas have been the source of as much speculation, hype, and overgeneralization as the Arctic region at the start of the […]

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Russia’s Intent

11 April 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Amit K. Chhabra & Brent Robinson The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs Russian foreign policy appears to be driven by offensive realism. Offensive realists believe that power maximization is […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Arming Icebreakers

31 August 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows.  Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Russia’s View of the Arctic

10 April 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Morgane Fert-Malka World Policy What does Russia want? This is, increasingly, the question on everyone’s lips, and a host of Western commentators and policymakers have started looking at the Arctic as […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Arctic Five Versus the Arctic Council

24 March 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal As climate change opens the Arctic to human activity and the region steadily captures more international attention, a rich tapestry of Arctic international governance […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Battle for the Arctic

15 November 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The National Interest Anyone who’s paid any attention to media coverage of the Arctic, even just in passing, knows that there’s a battle brewing for the top […]

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The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’

12 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]

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