The Arctic Is America’s Next Theater for the Dual Containment of Russia and China

The Arctic Is America’s Next Theater for the Dual Containment of Russia and China

The US Navy’s recently unveiled “Advantage at Sea” doctrine identifies the Arctic Ocean as the next theater for America’s attempted dual containment of Russia and China, to which end the document proposes that Washington resort to desperate means such as deliberately deploying its naval forces in harm’s way for supposed “de-escalation” purposes that actually run…

As War Danger Mounts in the Arctic, Peace Hinges on a Revival of the Wallace Doctrine

As War Danger Mounts in the Arctic, Peace Hinges on a Revival of the Wallace Doctrine

According to the Department of Defense’s dismally short sighted vision for the Arctic, U.S. strategic interests were best maintained not by cooperation with Arctic partners, by rather by belligerent sabre rattling under the guise of “competition” with nations who have continuously professed a desire to work with the west as allies. In recent weeks, this…

Arctic Tensions Rise as Britain Leads Show of Force Against Russia in the Barents Sea

Arctic Tensions Rise as Britain Leads Show of Force Against Russia in the Barents Sea

In the first such operation of its kind in 20 years, the British Navy were joined by American, Danish and Norwegian forces to supposedly demonstrate freedom of navigation against “Russian attempts” to control the Barents Sea in the Arctic, the British Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “The ships undertook training with each other to further…

Tomorrow’s Arctic: Theatre of War or Cooperation? The Real Story Behind the Alaska Purchase

Tomorrow’s Arctic: Theatre of War or Cooperation? The Real Story Behind the Alaska Purchase

Today, the Arctic has increasingly become identified as a domain of great prosperity and cooperation amongst world civilizations on the one side and a domain of confrontation and war on the other. In 2007, the Russian government first voiced its support for the construction of the Bering Strait rail tunnel connecting the Americas with the…