No. 270: Arctic Matters: Sino-Russian Dynamics

Author(s): Maria Shagina, Benno Zogg
Series Editor(s): Lisa Watanabe, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 270
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Place: Zurich

As the Arctic ice recedes, interest in resource extraction and promising trade routes increases. Two actors in particular will have a strong impact on the region: China and Russia. Both are bound by an intricate dynamic of cooperation and competition, particularly in the energy sphere. As their interests do not always overlap, tensions and asymmetries between them may increase.

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Arctic States and Stakes