Russia’s launch of its ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine and expansion of NATO with Finland and Sweden’s entry into the alliance has brought new geopolitical complexities to the Arctic. Emerging military threat perceptions on both the sides has withered away the significant level of mutual trust which was built in the Arctic in the post-Cold War period. At this critical juncture when dialogue and diplomacy between Russia and the West is at its lowest in the region, there are five key........