From The Diplomat
''The Naval Diplomat turned coat again last week, with a Foreign Policy essay
exploring the strategic implications of a navigable Arctic Ocean. A
former chief climatologist of the U.S. Navy forecasts that the northern
ocean, in effect an inland sea, will be ice-free for around a month
annually within a few decades. If so, that will open up new vistas for
commerce and geopolitical competition—for part of each year, at any
rate. Climate change could partially liberate Russia from its eternal
quest for year-round access to the sea, granting the Russian Navy new
strategic mobility. The downside from Moscow’s standpoint: Russia’s
northern frontier would be exposed a new to power projection from the
sea.''
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