Sea change: the new great game in the Arctic circle

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Join award winning journalist and Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar as she discusses her latest book, Sea Change: The New Great Game in the Arctic https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813580/sea change by rana foroohar/ . In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires battled for primacy in Central Asia, in a multi decade struggle that became known as ‘The Great Game’. The territorial lines drawn across Persia, Afghanistan, Tibet and India over this time defined the geopolitics and economics of the next century. Today, there is a new Great Game being played not in Central Asia, or even in modern hot zones like Ukraine, Gaza, or the South China Seas, but rather in the frigid waters of the Arctic. Dominance in this region will be crucial to control of the…

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