Back to the Future? The Implications of Growing Strategic Competition in the Arctic for the US-Japan Alliance (Yuki Tatsumi, Stimson Center)

The Trump administration has recently and dramatically elevated the level of U.S. strategic attention toward the Arctic. While the blunt rhetoric coming out of the administration regarding the status of Greenland dominates media headlines, the growing geostrategic importance of the Arctic is quickly being realized, suggesting that the North Pacific—once the area of close U.S.-Japan defense cooperation during the Cold War—may re-enter the strategic debate between Tokyo and Washington.

Back to the Future? The Implications of Growing Strategic Competition in the Arctic for the US-Japan Alliance • Stimson Center