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Neues in Sachen Brennelementefabrik
Am 1. Juli 2025 um 19 Uhr lädt das Bündnis AgiEL gemeinsam mit .ausgestrahlt und SofA Münster zu einem Vortrags- und Informationsabend in das Lingener Calvinhaus, Wilhelmstr. 42 ein: Es geht an dem Abend um den russischen Atomkonzern Rosatom, um geopolitische Strategien des Kremls und darum, was die Stadt Lingen mit all dem zu tun hat. Im Mittelpunkt steht die geplante Zusammenarbeit der…
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Rosatom ve Uzatom Özbekistan'da Nükleer Enerji Kapasitesinin Geliştirilmesinde İş Birliğini Artırıyor
St. Petersburg Uluslararası Ekonomik Forumu kapsamında, Rosatom ve Özbekistan Cumhuriyeti Bakanlar Kurulu’na bağlı Atom Enerjisi Ajansı (Uzatom), Özbekistan’da büyük bir nükleer güç santrali inşa etme projesini uygulama olasılıklarını araştırmak üzere bir anlaşma imzaladı. İmza törenine Rosatom Genel Müdürü Aleksey Likhachev ve Uzatom Müdürü Azim Akhmedkhaidzhayev katıldı. Anlaşma, Rusya Devlet…
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Rusia Paralajmëron Katastrofë Bërthamore Nga Sulmi Izraelit Në Iran
Rreziku i një skenari si Çernobili trondit rajonin pas goditjes së dyshuar të centralit në Bushehr Një përshkallëzim dramatik në Lindjen e Mesme po sjell alarm global. Rusia ka paralajmëruar se një sulm izraelit ndaj centralit bërthamor iranian në Bushehr mund të provokojë një katastrofë të përmasave të Çernobilit. Drejtori i përgjithshëm i kompanisë shtetërore bërthamore ruse Rosatom, Alexey…
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⚡ Turquía pierde control de su primera central nuclear, Akkuyu, en manos de Rusia. ¿Riesgo sísmico y dependencia energética? https://soyarmenio.com/noticias-internacionales/turquia-central-nuclear-rusia/
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Gençler Bilim İçin Kuzey Kutbu’na Gidiyor: “Bilgi Buzkıranı” Projesi Başladı
Rosatom destekli “Bilgi Buzkıranı” projesi, dünyanın dört bir yanından gençleri Kuzey Kutbu’na taşıyacak bilimsel bir serüvene çağırıyor. Seçmeler yeniden başladı. Bilim Meraklısı Gençlere Eşsiz Bir Fırsat 14-16 yaş arası öğrencilerin başvurabildiği “Bilgi Buzkıranı” adlı uluslararası bilim ve eğitim projesi, bu yıl 6. kez düzenleniyor. Rusya Devlet Nükleer Enerji Kuruluşu Rosatom’un desteğiyle…
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The New Frontier of Space Exploration: Russia’s Plasma Rocket and the 30-Day Journey to MarsThe idea of reaching Mars in just a month may soon becom...
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RT Français: Russie - Burkina Faso / RT French: Russia - Burkina Faso
RT Français: Russie – Burkina Faso / RT French: Russia – Burkina Faso En Octobre 2023, le Burkina Faso a signé un accord avec Moscou pour la construction d’une centrale nucléaire dans ce pays sahélien où moins d’un quart de la population a accès à l’électricité. In October 2023, Burkina Faso signed an agreement with Moscow to build a nuclear power plant in this Sahelian country, where less than…

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The agreement was signed in September Aeroflot Airlines and Rosatom State Corporation agreed on cooperation at the Eastern Economic Forum back in September. Together they will produce Russian analogues of consumables and components (from filters to sensors and lighting equipment) for foreign aircraft used by Aeroflot. “We will be engaged in the development, certification, and production of aviation components for all types of [foreign] aircraft - for cabins, cabins, aircraft trunks, structural repairs, and so on. The following areas are planned: air and water filter elements; plastic, metal, composite, honeycomb, rubber products; composite products; electronic equipment of the passenger cabin (inverters, power supplies, sensors, heating and lighting components, lighting and display equipment),” said Deputy General Director and Technical Director of Aeroflot Alexey Mikhalik. [caption id="attachment_72177" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Aeroflot and Rosatom[/caption] Aeroflot and Rosatom will make components for foreign aircraft Scientific research, testing, and production of products are already underway, but full production with component validity certificates will begin in the first half of 2024. In the summer, the production of Russian analogs of air filters for air supply and recirculation systems in aircraft cabins began, which were certified. “Currently, together with the Federal Air Transport Agency, the procedure for completing the required documentation for their use on aircraft is being clarified,” he added. Previously, the S7 aviation group began collaborating with Rosatom to produce consumables and parts for Western aircraft. Together they develop water and air filters and brake discs.
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IL CESSATE IL FUOCO PIÙ PAZZO DEL MONDO
Di Andrea Zhok
Il cessate il fuoco più pazzo del mondo è iniziato da poche ore e sembra tenere.
Si tratta di una tregua annunciata non dalle parti coinvolte, ma da Trump, che lo ha reso pubblico due minuti prima della riapertura dei mercati (alla faccia dell'insider trading). Il NASDAQ è salito di 150 punti in due minuti, il prezzo del greggio si è abbassato, qualche amico ricco di Trump è diventato ancora più ricco.
Israele, che aveva appena concluso un bombardamento su Teheran, ha subito aderito alla tregua, affermando che "gli obiettivi dell'attacco sono stati tutti raggiunti".
Non avendo mai avuto il piacere di sapere in anticipo quali fossero stati esattamente questi obiettivi, rimarremo con il dubbio.
L'Iran ha detto di non aver aderito a nessun "cessate il fuoco", ma che, se dopo l'orario designato (sembra le 4 del mattino) non ci saranno più attacchi israeliani, non procederà più con ulteriori attacchi.
A scanso di equivoci, nell'ultima mezz'ora prima dell'inizio ufficioso della tregua la missilistica iraniana ha colpito intensamente Beersheba, Tel Aviv e Gerusalemme. Il senso di questo attacco è chiarissimo: "Voi avete cominciato, noi finiamo, se vi sta bene è tregua altrimenti si continua."
Nei confronti degli USA l'Iran aveva già espresso la propria posizione con l'attacco "telefonato" alla base americana di Al Udeid in Qatar, posizione che espressa in parola suona più o meno: "Potremmo fare dei danni, ma preferiamo una de-escalation senza vostro ulteriore coinvolgimento, dunque effettuiamo un attacco simbolico cui non dovete reagire."
Il risultato di questa stupida e inutile "guerra dei 12 giorni" è molta distruzione, molte vittime, ma nessun cambiamento negli equilibri regionali.
Il programma nucleare iraniano proseguirà.
Il garante di questo - al netto di ogni valutazione dell'entità dei danni alle infrastrutture nucleari e dell'assassinio di scienziati iraniani - è Putin, che ha ribadito non solo che l'Iran ha il pieno diritto a sviluppare il nucleare civile, ma che la Russia continuerà a collaborarvi (quasi tutte le infrastrutture nucleari iraniane sono prodotte dalla russa Rosatom). Questo significa che qualunque cosa venga fatta all'Iran, con l'aiuto e la tecnologia russa vi si potrà sempre porre rimedio, e questo dovrebbe mettere la parola fine ad ogni fantasia di stoppare con la forza questi programmi.
L'Iran ha subito gravi danni infrastrutturali e civili, ma è un paese enorme con una popolazione vasta, giovane e istruita, dunque si rimetterà presto. Il regime esce consolidato da questo confronto, avendo colto l'occasione per fare pulizia di molti infiltrati del Mossad, avendo dimostrato di essere capace di fare sia la guerra che la pace, e di contare su appoggi internazionali cruciali. Infatti l'incontro tra Putin e il ministro degli esteri iraniano Abbas Araghchi è stato decisivo per l'attuale de-escalation, facendo balenare con chiarezza l'idea che la Russia avrebbe potuto fornire supporto all'Iran in caso di conflitto di lungo periodo.
Israele sembra aver esaurito il numero di obiettivi bombardabili nei suoi dintorni, ma nessuno dubita che Nethanyahu, pur di non arrivare alla resa dei conti, effettuerà qualche ulteriore rilancio creativo, magari verso Gaza, il cui martirio non è cessato neppure in questi giorni.
Ad ogni modo nella storia di Israele dopo il 1949 non c'è mai stato un tale tasso di distruzione interno, neppure con la guerra del Kippur, e l'idea compiaciuta di potersi permettere qualunque porcata senza mai pagare pegno credo sia svanita. Se e come questo si tradurrà sul piano della politica interna non è chiaro, ma ad occhio e croce i tempi della percezione di impunità sono finiti, e questo è di solito un importante elemento di maturazione.

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Russisches Atomschiff bringt #Brennelemente-Uran nach #Lingen

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🚨 Breaking News
The U.S. Embassy in Astana is located at Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev Avenue, No. 3., Astana 010010, Kazakhstan.
The building that is currently burning is a 26-storey residential complex in Astana.
Given the history of the CIA's involvement in foreign affairs and the geopolitical significance of Kazakhstan as an energy-rich nation, some may speculate that the CIA could have a vested interest in the stability or instability of the region.
If a region is experiencing significant economic growth or is strategically important due to its natural resources, the CIA might perceive it as a potential threat to U.S. interests.
Destabilizing the region could be seen as a way to disrupt the economic development or influence of other countries in the region, particularly if they are seen as competitors to the U.S.
In the context of Kazakhstan, which is rich in energy resources, a stable and economically powerful Kazakhstan could potentially challenge U.S. interests in the region.
Therefore, the CIA might consider destabilizing the region as a way to maintain U.S. dominance or to prevent other countries from gaining too much influence.
Iraq is a prime example.
They are on the verge of becoming a powerful nation. Which is why the libertarian of Mosul was so pivotal for them.
So this is no mistake of what is potentially taking place in this area.
You all have to understand why this is an issue.
Kazakhstan allowed Russian energy giant Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant in the country, which could be viewed as a threat to U.S. interests in the region.
Not to mention their China deals.
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Brazil to supply Russian nuclear power plants with uranium
Brazil has the eighth largest uranium reserve in the world and technology for enrichment for peaceful purposes

Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a contract with Internexco GmbH, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, for the export of up to 275,000 kilograms of uranium concentrate (U3O8) produced in Caetité, Bahia. The material will undergo conversion and enrichment abroad before being reimported to Brazil by December 2027 as enriched UF6 (4.25%), which will be used to produce fuel for the Angra 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, operated by Eletronuclear.
According to INB President Adauto Seixas, logistical planning for the shipment is already underway. This includes organizing domestic transportation in Brazil, contracting international maritime shipping from Salvador to Russia, and obtaining the necessary export licenses.
“The INB plans to increase the frequency of these contracts through future international bidding processes, following the successful resumption of uranium production in Caetité,” Mr. Seixas said.
Conversion is the only stage of the nuclear fuel cycle that INB does not handle. This process transforms “yellowcake” into uranium hexafluoride (UF6)—a compound that transitions into a gaseous state at low temperatures, a necessary step for uranium enrichment.
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Where are all those liberals with the Doomsday Clock and anti war sentiment. If 911 taught us nothing else it taught us that ANYTHING can happen. Heaven help us all.
Russia has allegedly launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) at a Ukrainian city for the first time, an expensive but potentially potent reminder by the Kremlin that it has a large reserve of nuclear-capable weapons which can strike form thousands of miles away.
The central-Ukrainian city of Dnipro was struck by a single ICBM missile in the early hours of Thursday morning Ukraine claims, part of a broader air raid that state media said also saw one air-launched ballistic missile and seven air-launched cruise missiles fired at the city. The Ukrainian government has not made an official statement on casualties in the “massive attack” but said they managed to shoot down six of the cruise missiles in-flight.
The launch of an ICBM is claimed by Ukraine’s air force to have come from the Astrakhan Oblast, which borders the Caspian Sea. The launch has not been corroborated by Western states observing the conflict, the United Kingdom has called it unconfirmed, for instance. Russia has yet to confirm or deny an conventional explosive armed but nuclear-capable ICBM launch, apparently the latest sabre-rattling move by the state as it bids to discourage further Western involvement in Ukraine.
While claiming there was “no significant damage” caused, nevertheless Ukraine also stated a city medical facility and an industrial area were hit. Sergiy Lysak, the head of the regional administration said in a statement that: “Since early morning, the aggressor has massively attacked the region. Information about the consequences is being clarified. At the moment, it is known about damage to an industrial enterprise in Dnipro. There were also two fires in the city.”
Ukraine called the attack an attempt to damage the city’s “critical infrastructure” . Meanwhile, just 70 miles away a power interconnector for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was cut in an air strike. This left the plant with just one backup power supply.
A loss of external power can be catastrophic for a nuclear plant because the control systems that govern the reaction process — and which can crash-stop it in an emergency — cannot safely rely on the power the plant itself produces and need redundancy. The Zaporizhzhia plant has been occupied by Russian forces for several years and is presently run by Russian nuclear company Rosatom, one of the few Russian businesses that has been untouched by Western sanctions as Russia is a massive global player in the supply of Uranium, needed by nuclear power plants everywhere.
ussia has stated that it considers precision attacks against military or political targets inside the Russian Federation an act of war by the states providing the weapons, even if they are launched by a third party. How far Russia is willing to take this nuclear sabre-rattling is unclear: at several points through this conflict the Kremlin has expressed its displeasure at Western nations involving themselves in what it clearly considers a private war but never followed through with threats on issues like the supply of tanks, earlier missiles, and jet fighters.
Yet long-range missile strikes inside Russia may be taken a lot more seriously inside the Kremlin. Talks about the policy of whether to give Ukraine permission to engage in such attacks against their invader have gone back months, and key moments have been met with Russian reminders that they ultimately hold a trump card against attempts to bring down the Putin state.
When Zelensky was in Washington in September to ask for long-range strikes, Russia appeared to respond by saying it was reviving its nuclear doctrine to create a state of co-responsibility for attacks by American-backed states. In October Russia issued what very much looked like a reminder of what it holds in reserve and had never yet deployed in anger, a considerable armoury of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, conducting continent-spanning test-firings.
A land-launch of a Yars ICBM from Plesetsk to Archangesk (pictured, top) demonstrated a range of 3,500 miles, with Russia publishing quantities of footage showing the launch of several nuclear-capable missiles. The Yars is Russia’s newest ICBM, part of the development of their first such new weapon since the end of the Cold War, with the 3,500 mile flight only around half of its claimed maximum range, designed to strike deep into the United States if required.
Then earlier this week, as the U.S. was stated to have signed off on strikes on the Russian interior with American-made missiles in Ukrainian hands, Vladimir Putin signed off on that new nuclear doctrine, a further message to the West.
While today’s alleged launch and strike serves a warfare rather than training purpose, the use of an ICBM to deliver a conventional warhead rather than a considerably cheaper and less sophisticated tactical ballistic or cruise missile is a pointed further message from Russia to the West.
Poland, one of the European states closest to the fighting and perhaps taking the most alarmist state about Russian territorial ambitions — it is practically a matter of faith in Polish defence circles that Moscow has designs on Poland, should it succeed in Ukraine — appears to have reacted to the Thursday morning launch, scrambling fighters and and land-based defence systems.
A statement from the Polish Air Force, which operates F-16 jets, said Thursday: “Attention, due to another attack by the Russian Federation, which is carrying out strikes on objects located, among others, in western Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft have begun operating in our airspace… the Operational Commander of the RSZ activated all available forces and resources at his disposal, the on-duty fighter pairs were scrambled, and the ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems reached the highest state of readiness.”
How ironic it would be for America to be destroyed fighting for some 3rd World Shidt Hole that up until 10 minutes ago was famous only for its lack of real democracy and corruption.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government approved a plan on Wednesday to build another nuclear reactor in a country that relies heavily on nuclear electricity generation.
The new reactor, with an expected output of 1,200 megawatts, is to be built at the Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant, where the utility Slovenske Elektrarne currently operates two nuclear units.
The government said its ministers of finance and economy would work out the details by the end of October. Economy Minister Denisa Sakova previously said that Russian energy giant Rosatom would not be allowed to participate in a possible tender to build the unit.
Slovakia’s government is led by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose leftist Smer party won a general election in September on a pro-Russian and anti-American platform.
Slovakia generates over 50% of its electricity at two nuclear plants.
The decision reflects recent nuclear expansion in Central and Eastern Europe. The neighboring Czech Republic is currently seeking to build up to four nuclear reactors. French state nuclear giant EDF and Korea’s KHNP are the two contenders bidding for the project. Poland struck a deal with Westinghouse to build its first nuclear power plant, while Rosatom is set to build Hungary's fifth and sixth reactors.
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With the second Trump administration pulling back from multiple international treaties related to the environment and announcing plans to increase fossil fuel production, the U.S. is embarking on a shift in framing away from the Biden administration, which, like the overwhelming majority of scientists, identified climate change as an “existential threat.” President Donald Trump seems poised to recognize climate change only as a minor problem to be managed or an opportunity to exploit.
However, if Trump does decide to embrace a warming world, it will not be Washington that benefits the most, but America’s adversaries. Today, the U.S. is underprepared to defend the homeland in the Arctic or benefit competitively from increased economic development in the region. In contrast, Russia has significant military and infrastructure across the region. A shift in administration posture on climate change risk also means surrendering international influence and standing on the topic, especially in the Indo-Pacific.
In early March, David Legates, who briefly served as a deputy assistant secretary at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the first Trump administration and is a former University of Delaware professor, stated, “I’m pretty certain that what we’re going to conclude from what we know now is that carbon dioxide is not an evil gas,” instead calling carbon dioxide “a gas beneficial to life on Earth” and making the argument that warm temperatures are better than colder ones.
Legates’s claims echo a 2020 document released by the Russian government that announced a plan to take advantage of climate change and called for adapting Russia’s economy and population to the changes brought on by climate change while aiming to exploit opportunities provided by warmer temperatures. Events in the Arctic are already running in Russia’s favor.
Across the Arctic, melting sea ice is making areas including the Bering Strait and Barents Sea more navigable. Warming temperatures are also making resource extraction in the region easier, and the Arctic is home to significant hydrocarbon resources. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic as a whole may be home to 160 billion barrels of oil and 30 percent of the world’s undiscovered natural gas, though there are logistical and environmental challenges to extracting these resources.
Trump clearly sees drilling for oil in the North American Arctic as a potential windfall for the United States. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is expected to hold between 5.7 billion and 16 billion barrels of oil, and Trump announced the Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential executive order to open the refuge to drilling for oil and gas.
As the United States seeks to expand its oil and gas production in the region, Russia has already built a significant head start. Moscow’s liquefied natural gas and oil extraction projects are well underway, and the state nuclear energy company, Rosatom, has been granted near-total control of the Northern Sea Route, which is crucial to exporting Russia’s Arctic hydrocarbons. Crucial to this success has been a partnership with China, which has invested significantly in Russia’s Arctic energy projects.
Beyond hydrocarbons, the Kremlin also sees a warming Arctic as crucial to expanding its production of key food products, as it recognizes that more land will become economically viable to farm. As Russia’s agricultural output increases, so too will its role in the global food supply chain. Between 2022 and 2024, Russian farmers grew an unmatched amount of grain, exporting it cheaply worldwide.
Russia’s dominance in this sector came after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in which it blocked Kyiv’s ability to export grain and sold Ukrainian grain as its own, allowing it to sell more grain than it produced domestically in a constrained market. While Ukraine has been able to resume exporting grain, Russia will continue to seize the advantage of a climate change-induced longer growing season and the creation of more arable land to strengthen its own food security and further wield grain exports as a tool of geopolitical influence worldwide.
And while the U.S. still works to develop Arctic military bases and icebreakers, Russia has cemented itself as a military power in the region. A 2022 Reuters article noted that Moscow was at least 10 years ahead of the United States in the region in terms of military capabilities, and as of 2024, Russia maintains 12 military bases in the Arctic and 16 deep-water ports. The U.S., meanwhile, has just one military installation north of the Arctic Circle, in Greenland, and one deep-water port still under construction in Nome, Alaska.
Embracing climate change as an opportunity to further develop Alaska’s energy resources will provide some financial benefit to the U.S., but it is Russia that has laid the groundwork across economic and military domains to best take advantage of a warming region.
Outside of the Arctic, a change in framing on how the U.S. approaches climate change could cost Washington as it contests for influence with China. Pacific island countries see climate change as an existential threat, with rising sea levels threatening to submerge many islands, warming seas and other extreme weather events diminishing fishing stocks, and the second-order effects threatening a loss of revenue from tourism and increased emigration.
As the United States seeks to bolster its presence in the region to counter Beijing’s military and diplomatic efforts, it cannot ignore the demand for developing solutions and responses to the climate crisis. The Trump administration should already know this, as during Trump’s first term, several Pacific island nations turned to China over the United States for broad security and economic deals, stating that the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement was in part a determining factor.
For example, in 2019, officials from the Solomon Islands cited climate change as one factor in downgrading its ties with Taiwan and renormalizing relations with China. Three years later, the Solomon Islands signed a wide-ranging security agreement with China, igniting fears that Beijing may aim to send troops to the country and open a permanent military base across the archipelago northeast of Australia.
To be certain, not all countries are opposed to the Trump administration’s approach to climate. Speaking at the Powering Africa summit, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that it would be “nonsense” to tell African nations to stop the development of coal, arguing that fossil fuels were essential to allowing African countries to escape energy poverty.
This sentiment has been echoed by leaders across the continent, including South African Minister Gwede Mantashe, who oversees the mineral resources and energy portfolio, has claimed that coal will be used to address South Africa’s energy shortage. For Trump, there may be an opportunity to partner with countries looking to expand their fossil fuel production as a means to strengthen broader bilateral ties.
Treating climate change as an opportunity rather than a risk threatens to put Washington in a position of weakness. In the Arctic, expanding energy production will bring benefits, but the U.S. is not prepared to compete with Russia. Investments like the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort Pact alongside Canada and Finland and continued efforts to modernize the North American Aerospace Defense Command are good first steps at countering Russia and other adversaries in the region and should be pursued regardless of future natural resource extraction in the Arctic. But they are also endangered by Trump’s attacks on Canada, which is already reconsidering broader defense procurement deals with the United States.
In the Indo-Pacific, the Solomon Islands is an example of what could happen when the U.S. abdicates international leadership on the issue. The first Trump administration pledged to keep working with countries to keep meeting their environmental goals outside of the Paris Agreement. However, with Trump once again withdrawing from the accord, it’s not clear that this will remain a U.S. goal—or that countries will trust Washington to keep any of its promises.
Approaching climate change as an opportunity is an option, but a risky one at best. Doing so threatens to expose the U.S. as underprepared in the Arctic and limit Washington’s ability to gain influence and favor worldwide. If the Trump administration decides to pursue this approach, it should be clear-eyed about the risks and recognize that the benefits will likely be minimal, if any.
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