China seems determined to become a major player in the Arctic.
See for example
http://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/china-hunting-for-energy-resources-in-the-arctic How should the countries that actually have an Arctic coastline react to this?
Personally I would like to keep them out
as far as possible since they have no legitimate claim to any share of the resources in the region.
Is it realistic to keep the Chinese out? Or should they be accommodated in some way? Maybe even allowed to join the Arctic Council.
Should the US cooperate with the three other Western Arctic nations Canada, Norway and Denmark (Greenland) or act unilaterally in this region?