{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Arctic Security and the UK","description":"This episode examines the evolving approach of the UK to security and defence in the Arctic, as the region undergoes significant shifts due to climate change, Russia\u2019s increasingly aggressive foreign policy and military modernisation, and non-Arctic states \u2013 notably China \u2013 taking an increasing interest in the region\u2019s security. Dr Duncan Depledge from the International Relations, Politics and History department of Loughborough University and Dr Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies at Loughborough, discuss with Dr Neil Melvin, Director, International Security Studies at RUSI, how the UK has sought to upgrade its policies towards the Arctic as a \u2018near Arctic state\u2019, and how it has begun to rebuild its security and defence engagement with Arctic partner countries as a result of Russia\u2019s growing strength in the region. ","author_name":"Global Security Briefing","author_url":"https:\/\/www.rusi.org\/projects\/global-security-briefing-podcast-series","html":"