The Arctic is the newest sphere of international competition for energy and security access. It pits Russia against the other Arctic states. These essays fully explore and analyze what is at stake here and what Moscow has done to increase its capability and influence in the Arctic.

"July 2011." This volume on the Arctic is the last volume in the set of five based on the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)-U.S. State Department conference on Russia held in January 2010.

Introduction -- Russia in the Arctic : challenges to U.S. energy and geopolitics in the High North / Ariel Cohen -- The Arctic : a clash of interests or clash of ambitions / Alexandrʹ Golts -- Russian military presence in the High North : projection of power and capacities of action / Marlène Laruelle -- The evolving Arctic security environment : an assessment / Katarzyna Zysk.