Red Arctic: Russian Strategy Under Putin

The Arctic is a global bellwether for climate change, indigenous peoples rights, and international laws and norms, with Red Artic challenging the assumption of strategic meltdown. Russia's Arctic strategy relies on international cooperation with foreign energy firms and injections of foreign capital, and conflict will be bad for business. Buchanan calls for informed judgment of the real drivers of Russian Arctic strategy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 24 March 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The Arctic is a global bellwether for climate change, indigenous peoples' rights and traditions, and the durability of international laws and norms. Red Artic challenges the widely held assumption that the Arctic is headed for strategic meltdown, emerging as a theater for a literal (new) Cold War between Russia and the West. Buchanan explains that Putin's Arctic strategy relies heavily upon international cooperation with foreign energy firms and injections of foreign capital: conflict will be bad for business. Russia needs a "low tension" environment to deliver on Russia's critical economic interests. Red Arctic charts Arctic strategy under Putin from how it is formulated, what drives it, and where it's going. In cautioning against assumptions of expansionist intent in the region, Buchanan calls for informed judgment of the real drivers of Russian Arctic strategy.

Weight: 496g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780815740049