Is the Arctic the World’s Next War Zone? With Kenneth R. Rosen
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Sorenti. Why is everyone suddenly fighting over the Arctic? On today's episode, journalist and author Kenneth R. Rosen joins us to explore the Arctic's rapidly shifting role in the global order.
In conversation with Adam Macaulay, He examines how climate change, military ambition and the race for resources are transforming the far north into a new arena of great power rivalry, where melting ice is opening shipping routes, exposing natural wealth and raising the stakes for conflicts between the world's major powers. Let's join our host now, Adam McAuley, with more. Welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Adam McAuley.
Rewind just a few years and you'd be hard-pressed to hear substantive discussions about the Arctic. The High North, that frigid expanse of the planet, had, at least since the end of the Cold War, cooled as a topic for political pundits and strategists. In recent years and amplified in recent weeks, the Arctic has surged into the headlines, with alliance rippling comments from the American president about his commitment to asserting American control over the Western Hemisphere. and most acutely, proclamations about Greenland and who ought to control the territories that stretch towards our polar north. For these reasons, our guest today, journalist Kenneth Rosen, should be praised for his sound timing.
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