Strategic Assessment: Arctic Critical Minerals
Authors: Frederick Gale, Dmitri Gourianov, Avery Kachmarsky, Gulnar Atashova, Lorenzo Pagani, Alexander Elgart, Dr Muhammad Waqar & Douglas Medina
Editor: Ksenia Luzhko
The Arctic cannot be understood through a single lens. Military competition, resource development, industrial policy, technological innovation, and geopolitical rivalry increasingly reinforce one another, so developments in one domain quickly reshape the others.
This strategic assessment offers a comprehensive overview of the intensifying power competition in the Arctic. As melting ice opens new maritime routes and increases access to resources, the region is rapidly becoming a focal point for strategic rivalry among key actors: the United States, Russia, China, Canada, and Europe.
