Russia and China in the Arctic: Cooperation, Competition, and Consequences
China and Russia act in accordance with their own interests, which are not always identical. For ... ... threat to the West. 1 Russia, in turn, has expressed concern about the growing U.S. and NATO military activity in Europe’s North and the adjacent seas. There is a sense of... ... with Washington and a sharp decline in relations with its NATO allies. China is thousands of miles away from the Arctic, so its interests in the region differ widely from...