Red Arctic av Elizabeth Buchanan

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<p><a></a>Renewed tensions between Russia and the West have fueled speculation that Moscow¿s apparent designs on the Arctic region could help stimulate a new cold war. Vladimir Putin¿s openly nationalistic ambitions, as demonstrated most vividly with his seizure of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, might seem to justify such concerns.</p><p>This book by a noted expert shifts the debate over Russia¿s strategy from what Moscow could do in the Arctic to the realities of what Putin¿s Russia likely will do. Buchanan challenges the widely held assumption that the Arctic is emerging as one of the most important strategic theaters in a potentially dangerous new cold war between Russia and the West. In fact, she explains that Putin¿s Arctic aspirations rely heavily upon continued international cooperation via commercial partnerships with Western energy firms and Eastern injections of capital¿all of which could be at risk in a new cold war.</p><p>Three main themes are in