The Polar Pivot: Great Power Competition in the Arctic and Antarctica

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Contents
Tables and Figures
Ch1- On Thin Ice: The Polar Melting Pot
	What Are the Polar Regions?
	Figure 1.1 The Arctic Region
	Figure 1.2 The Antarctic Region
	Great Power Competition Renewed
	Structure of the Book
	Notes
Ch2- Security, Sovereignty, and Influence in the Polar Regions
	The Polar Regions and International Security
	The Poles Before, During, and After World War II: Strategic Indicators
	The Putin Effect
	A Sino-Russian Polar Alliance?
	Notes
Ch3- The Four Cs: Commons, Claims, Covenants, and Cosmos
	Commons
	Claims
	Figure 3.1 Lomonosov and Mendeleev Ridges
	Covenants
	Cosmos
	Putting It All Together
	Notes
Ch4- Polar Peer Powers: China and Russia
	A Power by Another Name
	Polar States vs. Polar Powers
	A Polar Typology
	Figure 4.1 Polar Typology
	Table 4.1 Polar Powers
	Table 4.2 Polar Players
	Table 4.3 Polar Perceivers
	Table 4.4 Polar Peripherals
	Examining the Polar Powers
	Table 4.5 Russian Arctic Policies, 2020 vs. 2035
	Figure 4.2 Northern Sea Route vs. Suez Canal
	Notes
Ch5- US Polar Policy and Strategy
	How Did We Get Here?
	Polar Policies Through the Years
	Problematizing the Poles
	Notes
Ch6- The Polar Trap: Conditions for Conflict
	The Polar Picture
	A Thawing Polar Debate?
	The South Pole Blind Spot
	History and Context
	The Polar Trap
	Avoiding a US Polar Trap
	Notes
Ch7- Toward a US Grand Strategy
	The Realist Case For Dealing With China And Russia in the Polar Regions
	Balancing for Twenty-First-Century Polar Realities
	Transactional Balancing in the Polar Regions
	Transactional Balancing as an Outcome
	Transactional Balancing to Avoid Conflict
	The Need for a Pragmataic Polar Strategy
	Notes
Ch8- Balancing on the Pivot: The Future of Polar Security
	Toward a Polar Strategy
	The Polar Pivot
	Figure 8.1 Combatant Command Boundaries in the Arctic
	Figure 8.2 Combatant Command Boundaries in Antarctica
	Figure 8.3 Arctic Shipping Routes
	The Future of Polar Security
	Parting Shot
	Notes
Bibliography
Index
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