ANALYSIS: Nunavut Getting Control Over Land, Resources Pits Inuit Against China, Russia, Say Experts

In the largest land transfer in Canadian history, Nunavut, the primarily Inuit northern territory, was granted control of its own land, water, and resources by the federal government—known as “devolution”—on Jan. 18. But the move is eliciting significant concerns from analysts who warn of the geopolitical risks for a people ill-equipped to deal with the realities of increased competition in the Arctic from China and Russia. Where tension arises is between what’s critical for the local Nunavut communities and what the focus is for the Department of National Defence (DND), James Fergusson, deputy director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba, told The Epoch Times on Jan. 30....