As climate changes accelerate and global power dynamics shift, the Arctic is emerging as one of the most strategically contested regions on earth. Greenland now sits at the center of a geopolitical chess game involving the U.S, China, Russia, and Europe. Due to the polar ice caps melting at such an unprecedented rate, new shipping routes are being created, vast mineral resources are being exposed and military and economic priorities of world powers are being reshaped. Simultaneously, Greenlanders are navigating questions surrounding their own autonomy, national identity and future development.

America’s recent intervention in Venezuela has turned the world's attention to other regions of the globe where strategic competition is rife, and the Arctic is at the top of that list. The same forces driving tensions in South America — rich mineral resources, strategic one-upmanship, shifting trade and military alliances — are now flaring in the far North.

For this Cambridge Forum, Jennifer Moore, Statewide & Features Editor for GBH News, moderates a discussion with Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Dr. Sara Olsvig, American Enterprise Institute fellow Heather A. Conley, and Kenneth Rosen, author of a new book, "Polar War."

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