U.S. Arctic Strategy

... pushing out other international organizations (the Arctic Council and the Barents Euro-Arctic Council in which the US.A. is not a member). Given the current nature of relations between Russia and NATO, such steps would have negative consequences for Russia with no reliable allies in the Arctic. Until the USA ratifies the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, there remains the possibility of worsening of disputes with Russia on borders in the Arctic seas and on the continental shelf boundary. It should be remembered that the United States negatively views ...