Nato in the Arctic
Barry Scott Zellen, PhD, reports on the tectonic shift from euphoric expansion to intra-alliance crisis
Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a tectonic shift in Arctic diplomacy and security, resulting in the March 2022 diplomatic boycott of the Arctic Council under Russia’s term as rotating chair (2021-23), followed by the rapid pivot by Finland and Sweden from long-established policies of neutrality to formal NATO membership. With this sudden end of Finland’s and Sweden’s historic neutrality, so critical in many ways to the openness . . .
