O=C=O<p>India must rethink its Arctic outlook</p><p>As conflict zones multiply globally, another frontier is quietly slipping into turmoil — the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a>. Long seen as a realm of scientific cooperation and environmental protection, the polar north is becoming a theatre of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitical</span></a> competition. With <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> more assertive, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> expanding its Arctic ambitions, and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> renewing interest in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a>, the region appears set for a renewed phase of strategic contestation.</p><p>To be sure, the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/militarising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarising</span></a> impulse of Arctic powers is not new. Nor is the tendency to leverage polar presence for wider strategic manoeuvering. United States President Donald <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was the first to drop pretences when he proposed buying Greenland in 2019. Far from the absurdity many deemed it, the idea had clear geopolitical merit; behind Mr. Trump’s theatrics lay a deeper instinct — a recognition that the Arctic was no longer peripheral to global power play, but central to it.</p><p>For non-Arctic powers such as <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, the implications of a militarised Arctic are serious, prompting many to reassess their regional postures. Even so, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NewDelhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDelhi</span></a> remains curiously insulated from the region’s shifting realities. Faced with complex challenges closer to home, India appears oddly impassive to the dangers taking shape in the high north. </p><p><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/india-must-rethink-its-arctic-outlook/article69538328.ece" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/ind</span><span class="invisible">ia-must-rethink-its-arctic-outlook/article69538328.ece</span></a></p>