Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic

In October Praeger will released Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic by Scott Zellen. This short book gives us a picture of the political uncertainty present in the world’s smallest ocean. Major regional and world powers are vying for dominance over unlocked resources and shipping lanes. Zellen addresses the tug of war between this new enterprise and concerns for the preservation of the Arctic environment, which dominates much of the Arctic debate in the United States.

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For more on this topic see Scott Borgerson's "The Great Game Moves North" and "Arctic Meltdown" and Jeffrey Kopstein's annotated reading list on Transatlantic Relations.