Projecting Power In The Arctic: The Russian Scramble for Energy, Power, and Prestige In The High North
Journal: Pepperdine Digital Commons (Pepperdine University)
Year: 2015

The Arctic is currently the setting for a high stakes power play between the liberal, Western order and a revisionist Russian state, that desperately seeks great power, claiming nearly half the Arctic in a ploy for energy, power, and ultimately prestige. In recent years geography has jumbled previously staid geopolitical dynamics with substantial implications on sea trade, energy, and security. This article explores the motivations of expansionary Russian foreign policy and U.S. responses to it.