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The West recognises that Russia can become a new centre of world trade thanks to its two new routes – the Northern Sea Route and the North-South transport corridor. These large infrastructure projects present a challenge to the West, which is used to controlling international trade, including throug...

By Pavel Devyatkin

Is there really a Russian-Chinese partnership in the Arctic? What is China’s role in the Arctic and how far does it go beyond climate change and environmental protection? These are some of the most hotly debated questions in Arctic security studies and they were at the top of my...