Back on May 11, 2013, this post:
Add China to the list of those "playing" in the Arctic. President Obama ceded the Arctic to everyone but the US as part of his "Make Others Great Again" policy.
The sum total of US government involvement in the Arctic: one Coast Guard icebreaker.
Now, an update. From zerohedge:
Looking at the current situation and the emerging trends, it would appear that the two Eurasian powers, Russia and China, will remain dominant in the Arctic at least during the coming decade.
While the United States is starting to get into the game, it is clearly very low on its list of priorities.
The fact that the US capabilities are being stretched very thin indeed and the sorry state of America’s finances mean that US Arctic capabilities, military or otherwise, will receive veritable crumbs in terms of funding.
Canada’s sovereignty is being gradually eroded by the United States and may lose its status as an Arctic player altogether in the next decade, particularly if icebreaker construction will have to compete for funding with the F-35 fighters which the United States is bent on imposing on Canada.
China remains the wild card. At the moment, it seems content to rely on Russia’s icebreaking capabilities in the region, however, should US-China competition in the region intensify, the PRC will become more proactive in exerting its influence in the region.
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