Bangladesh, March 16 -- The political West and Russia have fully returned to the (First) Cold War-style strategic competition in various regions of the world. This includes Eastern Europe (particularly Ukraine), the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific (where Russia is working closely with allies such as China and North Korea), etc. However, theres another major region thats becoming increasingly important and contested – the Arctic. As European (and global) security architecture continues to evolve, particularly as the multipolar world is growing and expanding, the remnants of the unipolar system are determined to at least slow down this process. Although its on the verge of a strategic defeat in Ukraine, NATO is still very intere...