James Jay Carafano is the vice president for foreign and defence policy studies at the Heritage Foundation and director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies. He is also an expert for Global Intelligence Services. This article was first published by GIS Online.
Fears include growing Chinese political influence and strategic encroachment.
The West has offered no coherent response to the Chinese investments in polar regions.
8 — Number of member countries in the Arctic Council