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2Kenneth Lieberthal and Wang Jisi, Addressing US-China Strategic Distrust, Washington: The Brookin's Institution. 2012.
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4Center for American Progress, "Helping the Arctic Council Find Its True North," April 24, 2014, available at : https ://www. americanprogress, org/issues/green/report/2014/04/ 24/88474/helping-the-arctic-council-find-its-trne-north/.
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7Rob Huebert, "U. S. Arctic Policy: The Reluctant Arctic Power, " pp. 189 - 225.
8The White House, "National Strategy for the Arctic Region," May 10, 2013, available at- http ://www. white- house, gov/sites/default/files/docs/nat_arctic_strategy, pdf, pp. 2 - 3.
9Robert J. Papp, "America Is an Arctic Nation, "' The White House Blog, December 2, 2014, available at : http :// www. whitehouse, gov/blog/2014/12/02/america-arctic-nation.
10Delilah Jean Williams, "US Will Take Over Arctic Council with Priority on Stemming Climate Change," All Voices, October 27, 2014, available at : http ://www. allvoices, com/article/100001835.