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Related: About this forumUS warns China, Russia against aggression in Arctic region
Source: Associated Press
US warns China, Russia against aggression in Arctic region
By MATTHEW LEE
May 6, 2019
ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. wont stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech in Finland that the U.S. will compete for influence in the Arctic and counter attempts to make it the strategic preserve of any one or two nations. He said the rule of law must prevail for the Arctic to remain peaceful, and he criticized China and Russia for what he said were coercive practices that would destabilize the high North if allowed.
Critics were likely to seize on the speech for being short on scientific specifics, not using the phrase climate change, offering no ideas on mitigating its effects and focusing almost entirely on how to responsibly tap the Arctic in an era of fierce global rivalries.
The region has become an arena of global power and competition and the eight Arctic states must adapt to this new future, Pompeo said, one day before he participates in a meeting of foreign ministers from the Arctic Council .
He said that group had once been able to focus solely on scientific, environmental and cultural issues, but profound changes in the Arctics environment and strategic rivalries made that extremely difficult now.
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By MATTHEW LEE
May 6, 2019
ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. wont stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a speech in Finland that the U.S. will compete for influence in the Arctic and counter attempts to make it the strategic preserve of any one or two nations. He said the rule of law must prevail for the Arctic to remain peaceful, and he criticized China and Russia for what he said were coercive practices that would destabilize the high North if allowed.
Critics were likely to seize on the speech for being short on scientific specifics, not using the phrase climate change, offering no ideas on mitigating its effects and focusing almost entirely on how to responsibly tap the Arctic in an era of fierce global rivalries.
The region has become an arena of global power and competition and the eight Arctic states must adapt to this new future, Pompeo said, one day before he participates in a meeting of foreign ministers from the Arctic Council .
He said that group had once been able to focus solely on scientific, environmental and cultural issues, but profound changes in the Arctics environment and strategic rivalries made that extremely difficult now.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/f269d3f91c9b42f8abbe54a27598feb4
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US warns China, Russia against aggression in Arctic region (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
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So, what, because we have a tiny slice of border with 'The Arctic' in the form of Alaska
mr_lebowski
May 2019
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. So, what, because we have a tiny slice of border with 'The Arctic' in the form of Alaska
We think we deserve to be major players in terms of how the resources are divvied up?
Of course personally I hate the idea of development there, esp. oil drilling (which we all know is the main interest of all these countries), period, but there's no logical reason the USA should hold claim to very much of that sea area. The Russians, Canadians, and N. Europeans should have (by far) the most legit/significant claims to the area.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)2. I think it's still called "Full Spectrum Dominance".
aka. utter imperialist insanity.