Arctic Command

The Joint Arctic Command from a foreign policy perspective

In the past decade, there has been an increased awareness of the effects of climate change on the Arctic region. Due to climate change and the melting of land and sea ice, the Arctic region is becoming increasingly accessible. This has brought with it an increased awareness of the opportunity for extraction of natural resources as well as greater commercial and scientific activity in the Arctic. Such development means that the Arctic is becoming increasingly geographically significant in these years. As much is evident in both the news and in academia.