whether military presence in the region automatically results in a conflict, however many academics recently have tended to suggest that the Arctic is in fact a region of cooperation. 335 This is in stark contrast to what newspapers have reported, with many leading their readers to think that the Arctic could be returning to a Cold War style state with different countries competing with each other. 336 This has led to a difference in opinion in the Arctic, the popular perception, due to the newspaper reports, is that the Arctic is preparing for conflict, however much of the academic opinion of the Arctic views conflict as not out of the question but a long way off ever happening.
335 Käpylä and Mikkola, p.3. 336 Paul Sonne, ‘Russia’s Military Sophistication in the Arctic Sends Echoes of the Cold War’, The Wall Street Journal , 4 October 2016, < http://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-upgrades-military-prowess-in- arctic-1475624748> [accessed 21 November 2016].
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