Arctic international politics has enjoyed 25 years of stability since the end of the cold war. However, the Arctic concert system is now being forced to navigate various and difficult challenges that have now arisen, including a new stage in the security environment due to geopolitical shifts resulting from climate change, economic advances by non-Arctic states, and the effects of worsening relations between the West and Russia on global international politics. The deteriorating relations between the West and Russia are especially worrying, casting dark shadows onto the Arctic concert system itself.