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Why China Wants to Expand Its Arctic Footprint
Dec 24, 2018 | 13:00 GMT
(NASA)
Highlights
- The Arctic's growing strategic importance will oblige Beijing to continue its efforts to assert itself in the region from a position of constraints.
- Because China lacks an Arctic shore, it will rely on bilateral and multilateral cooperation, particularly with Russia and the Nordic countries, and adopt a soft approach to ensure its say in the development of the region.
- Russia's economic quandary and standoff with the West could provide Beijing a window into the region, but such cooperation will be subject to future shifts among the United States, Russia and China.
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