While we see a US administration that conducts a policy characterized by a bit of ‘back and forth’, there has at the same time been an increasing focus on the High North from the very same administration, and particularly towards the European parts of the Arctic and the North Atlantic, Østhagen points out.
- To the US, the Arctic means different things. The Arctic is not just one dimension. The American Arctic requires a certain attention in the US. However, the engagement we have seen from the US recently in the Arctic is focused on our side, the High North, and the North Atlantic. Everything from Keflavik to Greenland to Jan Mayen.
Throughout the Cold War, the Arctic was a strategic arena for the superpowers. The region has constantly figured in the USA’s global strategy, though focus areas have shifted between various administrations. While the Obama administration mainly had an economic and environmentally-oriented focus towards the region, the Arctic increasingly appears to play into a military and strategic dimension under the Trump administration.
- Under the present American administration, there has been increasing military focus towards the European part of the Arctic. The US’ Second Fleet has been reactivated and the US participates in exercises and capacity building in our High North areas. It would be very strange if the rhetoric that we hear from the White House, and the rhetorical escalation, were to suddenly shift.
- The focus towards the European High North and statements about both Russia and China in the region suggest that the US particularly sees the European part of the region in a greater strategic context. Statements from the current administration suggest that the US sees the region as a potential arena for conflict. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting last year, where he made harsh statements about China and Russia, plays into a greater American strategy of countering China and Russia’s position globally.
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