Washington’s Arctic ambitions
This article examines a new Barak Obama’s Arctic strategy that was adopted in May 2013. Its similarities and dissimilarities with George Bush’s, Jr. Arctic doctrine are identified. This study arrives at a conclusion that despite some innovations, such as an emphasis on the need for regional cooperation and the ‘soft’ security problematique, the new strategy is mainly of declaratory character and cannot be considered as a real ‘breakthrough’ in the U.S. Arctic policy.