And first of all, I share his view that there is a big risk that the Russians and the Chinese will become even more involved in the Arctic. Of course, The Arctic is at the moment eight countries. Seven are part of NATO, one Russia not. And then there is China, which is a sort of honorary 9th Arctic country because they are more and more involved there through Russia. (47:10–47:16)
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Asserts that seven of the eight Arctic countries are NATO members, with Russia being the exception.
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