
CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
Arctic Geopolitics Reconsidered: Pathways to Conflict and Cooperation
Division: Social Sciences
Dept/Program: Political Science
Document Type: Undergraduate Student Research
Mentor(s): Rudra Sil
Date of this Version: 20 June 2020
Abstract
The Arctic region is widely considered to be one of the planet’s last frontiers. As the world’s countries competed for Earth’s resources, few areas of the world were left unscathed; the Arctic was one of those regions. However, as climate change accelerates the melting of sea ice in the Arctic, previously inaccessible areas, believed to contain an abundance of natural resources such as minerals, natural gas, and oil, will soon become available for extraction. This race for resources has created tension among the actors in the Arctic.
As such, this paper asks: what conditions would be necessary for the current tense relations between the key actors - United States, Russia and the European Union (EU) - to result in cooperation that could render the Arctic a region of détente in the twenty-first century?
Discipline(s)
Eastern European Studies | International and Area Studies | Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
Suggested Citation
Tremoglie, Christopher, "Arctic Geopolitics Reconsidered: Pathways to Conflict and Cooperation" 20 June 2020. CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, https://repository.upenn.edu/curej/250.
Date Posted: 22 June 2020