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As the Arctic Ice Melts, Could a New Kind of Cold War Be Coming?

Narrated by: Peter L. Bergen
Jan 16 2024

Summary
Until recently, the eight nations whose borders creep into the icy Arctic haven’t had much of a reason to fight over this forbidding landscape. But as climate change melts the ice and opens up access to all kinds of precious resources, the United States is preparing for the possibility of conflict. So how will the U.S. defend its interests in a place where most of us have never set foot?

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