EP93: The Arctic Five

The Arctic Five are the five countries with coastlines on the Arctic Ocean. They are: Canada, Russia, Norway; through Alaska, The United States; and through Greenland, Denmark. This collection of five countries we will use as a bridge to discussing the geopolitics of one of the world’s least visited, least talked about and least understood regions. Due to its remoteness and its emptiness, the Arctic is an object in World affairs; that is to say, it is a region that has things done to it, rath...