HISTORICAL BURST AT ALASKA“Geopolitics is exactly like the game of chess where every move matters”Recently US government and forces came into alert when they saw Chi

“Geopolitics is exactly like the game of chess where every move matters”

Recently US government and forces came into alert when they saw China and Russia warship near Alaska.

Alaska, a semi-exclave area, full of ice and minerals, a promising land if explored seriously. This piece of land shares its borders with Columbia and Yukon towards the east and with Russia’s Chukotka towards the west. 

Totally unexplored during its early days, this land was unsaid inhabited by ALEUT PEOPLE and home to numerous famous sea otters. But what is the status of Alaska now? Why the USA government is so concerned about it?     Before the establishment of the USA when then Russia was slowly increasing its area, it showed greater interest in this icy piece of land, firstly, it was blessing in disguise for Russia to capture it as it would sooner or later become opportunity for Russia to beat European nations (already started colonizing the America).

Secondly, the population of sea otters in this area was humongous which eventually lead to the production of tradable fur in colder nations or countries worldwide.

Thus, it was a win-win situation for then Russia to capture this part of earth and show its domination to the world.

But as they say land has always become the root cause of any war, so, does this land which was eventually inhabited by ALEUT people later became the victim of the least spoken BATTLE OF SITKA, led by ALEUT people against the Russian domination to save their land, their ethnicity, culture and people from foreign influence. However, they failed miserably, and later Russia established a Russian American company in 1799 to showcase its complete monopoly over Alaska.

As the time passed by Russians realized they could not colonize Alaska completely firstly, as this piece of land is far away from Russia and they could not reach out to this place during emergency times.

Secondly, ethnicity and communication lag served a great problem for Russians as they were not able to communicate with the locals.

Thirdly, by this time the game of colonizing was officially started between Europe and Russia and due to this various new colonies were established towards the west of Russia which kept it busy in dealing with them and they eventually lost all the interest and resources at Alaska. Initially, the intention of Russia was very clear to use Alaska for trading purposes but in later stages it became the bone of contention for Russia to deal with this land as it never proved to be useful for them. Besides sea otters the land was unfertile and could not be used for other purposes. 

These all instances frustrated Russia and they thought of selling Alaska.

The land which was once captured by Russia to show its dominance in west was sold to the USA by journalist and politician Andrew Johnson to then President Abraham Lincoln in 1867.

The price was shocking $7.2 million to about two cents per acre.

 During that time the purchase of Alaska by the US government was termed as Seward's folly that it has nothing to offer. But as the decades passed and scientific development reached its top, exploration finally started on this land, and it slowly ranked second in the nation in crude oil production.

It fulfills 50 percent of America’s sea food needs. Not only this in terms of per capita income it became 4th largest and talking about gold, this land offers a huge amount of placer gold deposits which are still under exploration.

This is not the coincidence that how a piece of land can change one country’s identity and now it is not only a piece of land but the part of pride of each American. Talking about the tourism sector, each year travel enthusiasts visit this amazing place due to its ethnicity as well as climate miracles.

So, this time when China and Russia came for naval patrolling USA was extra cautious as it can add fuel to the fire for these countries.

Given the situation of Russia and Ukraine war, and the South China sea tensions, US has dispatched warships after the naval patrolling.

This time is very crucial in terms of geopolitics as every day there is some or the other advancement but as the Indian Prime Minister said “this era is not for wars” so countries should understand that this era is for technological advancements, sustainability and climate conservation. The new generation is looking forward to the advancement of the era and not to chaotic wars.

“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal”

Historical burst at Alaska.

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