“We don’t have a seat at the table when it comes toĬontinental shelf, seabed and transport issues.”įor Europe, Neffenger argues that “there isn’t a European Union approach to theĪrctic… Europe is going to have to start paying attention to it because ChinaĪnd Russia are developing the region jointly in a way that could give them has taken a wait-and-see attitude,” says Neffenger. And the U.S., to a large extent, has failed to engage in Warns that the United States and Europe have fallen far behind Russia and China.
The icy tundra is now a geopolitical playing field where global powers are, with varying success, trying to stake a claim.Ĭoast Guard Vice Commandant Peter Neffenger, who spent four years craftingĪrctic strategy at the U.S. But as climate change opens new frontiers, the Arctic region is becoming the world’s hottest real estate.
President Donald Trump’s attempt to buy Greenland from Denmark was largely met with amusement and derision. Greenland was ridiculed – but as the glaciers melt, a global battle for the
