International Competition in the High North: Kingston Conference on International Security 2022

The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily ref lect the off icial policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, the US government, or the Kingston Conference on International Security. [...] These shared desires are the safety and security of the people of Canada, the strength and stability of our vital alliances, and the preservation and promotion of the rules-based international order that has led to so much peace and security over the years. [...] The Arctic region has benef ited from the stewardship of the Arctic Council, the region’s international coordination forum.2 In 1996, the Declaration on the Establishment of the Arctic Council codified the Arctic Council as the eight nations with territory in the Arctic. [...] Privileging the role and interests of the Arctic states Emphasizing the Arctic Council as the premier forum for regional cooperation Limiting the regional role of NATO17 Greaves predicts the war in Ukraine will accelerate the deterioration of international cooperation in the Arctic, and time has proven him to be partially correct. [...] The Arctic served as a testing ground for diplomacy and international cooperation after the Cold War as the Soviet Union transitioned to the Russian Federation.19 Greaves predicts the tensions in the Arctic between Russia and the Arctic seven will remain elevated but no higher than during the Cold War.