Deeper U.S. Cooperation With Russia Is Coming in the Arctic

Deeper U.S. Cooperation With Russia Is Coming in the Arctic

The limits of Washington's new hard-line policy toward Russia are becoming visible.

Russian President Vladimir Putin watching a launch at the Artic cosmodrome in Plesetsk. Russia on February 18, 2004. August 4, 2025, 7:14 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

On July 15, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy toward Russia: secondary tariffs that would take effect within 50 days unless Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to peace talks and an end to the war in Ukraine. Earlier this week, Trump shortened the deadline to less than two weeks.

The new tariff threat represents a dramatic escalation in Washinton’s willingness to challenge Moscow. But the Trump administration’s toug