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.
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.
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