Geopolitics
The Arctic Thaw: Another Frontier for Western Containment and Neo-Colonial Narratives
A warming Arctic, with melting ice opening new sea routes and resources, is becoming a geopolitical battleground where the rules-based order is challenged by Russia and China, while the US and Japan seek to bolster their strategic presence. This framing by Western think tanks, however, cynically portrays the legitimate development and security interests of civilizational states like Russia and China as 'malign,' while casting the US and its allies as virtuous defenders of a 'free' Arctic, exposing the same old imperialist hypocrisy designed to maintain Western dominance over the Global South's resources and future.
