... military activities in the region. One can mention, for instance, that in early 2024, NATO conducted its Nordic Response exercises involving about 50 military vessels, more... ... was going to purchase 12 modern submarines specifically designed to operate in the Arctic region.
The good news, however, is that the West might have a deficit of material... ... Moscow and Beijing. One can recall that the fuss about the US lagging behind Russia and China in the Arctic region repeats itself every couple of years. The last icebreaker...
... 2010), and with the United States over the seabed delimitation near Alaska, cannot be ruled out either. In general, creating hotbeds of tension along the entire perimeter of Russia’s borders is compliant with NATO’s behavior patterns, so attempts by NATO member states to partially obstruct Russia’s access to the Arctic potential should be expected.
Snow Dragon
Zhao Huasheng:
China-Russian Strategic Partnership: From Continental to Marine
The position of some nations, having extensive interests in the Arctic, but lacking direct access to this region, remains a great unknown. China, for example, has
expressed its willingness
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... Minority Law at the University of Lapland. Prof. Hossain spoke on topical problems of the Arctic not only within the legal domain but also in the environmental and militarization... ... more and more blurred. This leads back to the United States finding the engagement of China, a non-Arctic state, a threat to Arctic cooperation. During the Rovaniemi ministerial... ... encounters, and possible mechanisms to deal with Arctic challenges.
What do you think of NATO and Russia's military build-up in the Arctic?
The Arctic, once inspired to be...
... prospects of developing Arctic hydrocarbon resources and the Northern Sea Route became the top priority, while in the mid-2010s, those issues were partially eclipsed by Moscow’s new confrontation 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 those of Russia. They primarily stem from China’s position as one of the two leading global powers of the twenty-first century, and, on a more formal level, as a permanent member of the UN Security ...
... the effect that the Ukrainian and Syrian crises would produce a negative effect on other regions, including the Arctic, where various powers would step up their struggle for control over natural resources, and that the military confrontation between NATO and Russia would expand, did not come true either. The forecasts of China’s expansion in the Arctic under the slogan of developing the “Polar Silk Road” initiative, part of the larger “One Belt One Road,” also came to naught. Beijing was quite constructive and demonstrated in every possible way its respect for the sovereignty of the Arctic ...
