Is it high time for a tough Arctic treaty? Debate rages over whether 'soft-law' approach can cope with hard issues of sovereignty that lie ahead

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - The U.S. air force is preparing for the day this summer when Russian fighters fly into Alaska's air space just as their bombers have done several times since Cold War exercises in the Arctic resumed three years ago. But this time, the Americans won't be scrambling jets out of Elmendorf Air Base to intercept them, as they did in the past.