Russia and China Are Beating America in the Arctic | Rana Foroohar

Russia and China have about 60 icebreakers in the Arctic. The United States has three, and one of them is in the shop.Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar, author of Sea Change: America's New Great Game in the Arctic Circle, joins host Scott Kelly to explain how the melting Arctic became a new front in great power competition, and why America's weakness there was largely self-inflicted. Drawing on two weeks aboard the US Coast Guard cutter Healy, she explains how the US gave up its commercial shipbuilding base after the Cold War, how China built a "polar Silk Road" with Russian help, and what the ICE Pact icebreaker deal with Finland could mean for rebuilding American industrial power.We also cover the Northern Sea Route, the race for Arctic resources, the falling-out with Canada, the Law of the Sea, the role of the Arctic's native peoples, and her case for a year of national service.Get Sea Change: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sea-change-rana-foroohar/1149500920?ean=2940202668777Still waiting on that check? Order your WHERE'S MY PEACE DIVIDEND shirt: https://at-the-waters-edge.myshopify.com/Chapters:00:00 Intro and Sea Change00:50 Why the Arctic: ships, choke points and China03:48 How America gave up maritime power05:31 Where's my peace dividend?08:31 The Arctic as a new arena of great power competition13:37 Should we care if Russia and China are up there?16:07 Icebreakers, ICE Pact and the Finns20:02 What happened with Canada21:38 Defense industry pushback on foreign shipbuilding24:01 Is the old neoliberal model finished?30:21 Treaties, alliances and the Law of the Sea35:45 The Arctic's native peoples39:11 Advice for this administration and the next41:47 The case for national serviceFollow At the Water's Edge for serious conversations on national security and geopolitics.