Washington’s New Cold War to Control the Arctic

It should go without saying that the Arctic is rich in terms of fish, gas, oil, and mineral. Unfortunately for Washington, they have fallen far behind other countries like Russia, Norway, and China.

Confronting Russian dominance and strategic control over large parts of the Arctic Circle is among Washington’s top priorities in its bid to secure key nodes of geopolitical dominance. Indeed, if total dominion is the US grand strategy, then they are rightly worried about their eastern competition. The New Statesman reported in 2018:

“In front of the world’s media at the Kremlin, Putin quoted the 18th-century Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, who had said that Russia would expand through Siberia. Putin brought this line up to date for our age: “Now Russia should expand through the Arctic,” he said.

Regarding Russia and China’s strategic and economic advances in the Arctic area, New Stateman says:

Only a few days earlier Putin had returned from the frozen wastes of Siberia, nearly 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle. He had just opened the £19bn Yamal liquefied natural gas plant. Yamal LNG was built by Novatek, Russia’s biggest privately owned gas-producer, with loans from state banks (£2.8bn), the Russian National Wealth Fund (£1.6bn) and, most significantly, £8.5bn from Chinese banks.

National Geographic adds:

This fresh interest in the Arctic—Pompeo’s and the administration’s—can be traced to bold and aggressive moves by Russia and China, both of which have made significant investments in northern gas and oil infrastructure. Russia has also greatly expanded its military forces in the Arctic, becoming, by most measures, the dominant cold-weather player. And China has declared itself a “near-Arctic state,” articulating its desire for a seat at the table in polar decision-making.

Brian Cloughley from Strategic-Culture.org reports…

READ MORE WWIII NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire WWIII Files

SUPPORT 21WIRE – SUBSCRIBE & BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TV

21st Century Wire is an alternative news agency designed to enlighten, inform and educate readers about world events which are not always covered in the mainstream media.