Arctic Council Gets New Leader: what choice will Washington make?

... Congress, for a long time there was no U.S. representative in the Arctic or a special envoy on Arctic issues. The appointment of Robert Papp solved that problem. However, Admiral Papp does not have the rank of ambassador. Though diplomatic rank may not be ... ... degree to which the United States is interested in the Arctic. Thus, the crisis in Ukraine and the mounting confrontation between Russia and the West have launched a spiral of instability in the Arctic. The relatively low level of interest that the United ...