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Commentary

The Arctic Is Heating Up. So Is the Competition to Control It

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The ice is melting, and the stakes are rising as the world’s global powers are racing to assert their claim. Is a new Cold War unfolding in the Arctic?

Arctic overlooker
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Global Politics

Greenland's Minerals Won’t Secure the US Supply Chain

In the News
The National Interest
Joshua Busby

Arctic conditions, local opposition, and processing and refining challenges make near-term gains unlikely, Emily J. Holland, Joshua Busby, and Morgan Bazilian argue.

Rocky ridge and glaciers
Gitte Winter / Unsplash
US Foreign Policy

Research

Americans Oppose Using Military Force to Take Greenland

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Majorities also oppose using US troops to overthrow governments in Cuba or Colombia, occupy Venezuela, and gain access to the natural resources of other countries.

Houses covered by snow are seen on the coast of Greenland Public Opinion