“Russia’s building of seven military bases and stationing a regiment there raises growing security concerns about the Arctic’s future. Speaking Monday at the Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C., think tank, Mark Brzezinski, a former United States ambassador to Sweden, said, ‘Any militarization undercuts the peaceful underpinnings’ of the eight-member Arctic Council that includes the United States.”
Source: Panel: Russian Militarization of Arctic Raising Security Concerns
