The New Cold War

Russia and the US face off in the Arctic.

Putin, center, visits a military installation on Franz Josef Land Archipelago, on the northern edge of the Barents Sea/Arctic Ocean, March 2017.

Putin believes in climate change.

He has fully embraced the reality of global warming because he has seen the evidence in the Arctic Ocean, on his northern border.

While the US has been mired in a political deba…