The Biden administration unveiled its national strategy for the Arctic on Oct. 7, underscoring a growing competition with China and Russia in the region.
It’s the first national strategy for the region to be published since 2013, although several departments across the U.S. government, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Army, have published their own strategies more recently.
The Arctic is home to more than 50,000 Americans, and the new strategy subsequently frames strategic competition in the region as an issue of protecting the U.S. homeland and maintaining regional stability with international partners.
“Because we share the region with seven other nations, the Arctic is crucial to America’s foreign policy and national security,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an associated statement….