Thursday 22 October 2026
12:30
Rana Foroohar
Sea Change: The New Great Game in the Arctic Circle
Today, a new Great Game is being played in the frigid waters of the Arctic. Dominance in this region will be crucial to control of the entire Western hemisphere. America, which has always been an Arctic nation, but only peripherally so, must now face the fact that Russia and China together are challenging its territorial primacy in the Western Hemisphere. Rana joins us to discuss both the implications and the potential outcomes.
Today, a new Great Game is being played in the frigid waters of the Arctic. Dominance in this region will be crucial to control of the entire Western hemisphere. America, which has always been an Arctic nation, but only peripherally so, must now face the fact that Russia and China together are challenging its territorial primacy in the Western Hemisphere. Rana joins us to discuss both the implications and the potential outcomes.
Rana is the Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times. She is the global economic analyst for CNN, and previously served as the assistant managing editor and economic columnist at TIME and an economic and foreign affairs editor and foreign correspondent at Newsweek. Author of four award winning books, she is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board of the Open Markets Institute. Her new book, Sea Change: The New Great Game in the Arctic Circle is published this October by Swift Press.
Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times
Rana is the Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times. She is the global economic analyst for CNN, and previously served as the assistant managing editor and economic columnist at TIME and an economic and foreign affairs editor and foreign correspondent at Newsweek. Author of four award winning books, she is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board of the Open Markets Institute. Her new book, Sea Change: The New Great Game in the Arctic Circle is published this October by Swift Press.