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By Rhod Mackenzie
By 2030, the most powerful nuclear icebreaker, "Russia", is scheduled for completion. This will make the Russian Northern Sea Route a year-round and commercially profitable route. This will give our country another advantage in the battle for influence in the Arctic, which is jus...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Chinese shipping company Hainan Yangpu New New Shipping (HYNS) is continuing to expand its operations along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). On 8 May, a multilateral agreement was signed in Arkhangelsk regarding the organisation of export-import flights from the Arkhangelsk seap...
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...
