Also the US needs to deal realistically and respectfully with Russia regarding Arctic sea lanes/trade. Either Russia will align with the US, or with Chyna on that.

https://gcaptain.com/arctic-alliance-u-s-raises-alarms-as-russia-and-china-flex-military-muscle-along-natos-western-flank/

Russia and China have stepped up military cooperation in the Arctic while deepening overall ties in recent years that include China supplying Moscow with dual-use goods despite Western sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Russia and the United States are among eight countries with territory in the resource-rich Arctic. China calls itself a “near-Arctic” state and wants to create a “Polar Silk Road” in the Arctic, a new shipping route as the polar ice sheet recedes with rising temperatures.

Of course temperatures are NOT rising, the earth is cooling.

Climate forcing: the future is cold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWoPzaDmOA