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Northern Sea Route

From Rhetoric to Reality: China-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic Accelerates
By Oliver Dieckmann
What began as political signaling is now becoming reality.

Russia’s Plans Are Bigger Than Conflict With the West or Camaraderie With China
By Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi
The Kremlin's geopolitical strategy is increasingly preoccupied with the geography of its southern and eastern borders.

The Sino-Russian Alignment Stops at Arctic Trade
By Farrell Gregory
Contrary to official proclamations, there is one hard limit to the relationship between Moscow and Beijing.

Russia and China in the Arctic: Less Than Meets the Eye
By Nicolas Jouan, Zdenek Rod, and Martin Ruzicka
Friendly rhetoric hides distrust and competition between an ambitious Beijing and a Moscow jealous of its Arctic prerogative.

Contrary to Popular Belief, the Putin-Xi Summit Was Not About Ukraine
By Oleg Yanovsky
Instead, the China-Russia talks point to important, longer-term changes to the world architecture.

Assessing China’s and Russia’s Arctic Ambitions
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Kristina Spohr.

Arctic Ambitions: China’s Engagement With the Northern Sea Route
By Tiago Tecelão Martins
As climate change makes the Arctic shipping route more feasible, China is leaning in.

Amid Ukraine War, Russia’s Northern Sea Route Turns East
By Trym Eiterjord
With the exit of European partners and buyers, Russia is looking to China and India to get its Arctic energy projects off the ground.

The Rise (and Fall?) of the Polar Silk Road
By Marc Lanteigne
There is a sizeable gap between China’s ambitions for the PSR and its actual capabilities and accomplishments in the Arctic – and the gap has widened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

China, Russia, and Arctic Geopolitics
By Ling Guo and Steven Lloyd Wilson
China’s burgeoning role in the Arctic could translate into direct competition with Russia.

Russia’s Northern Sea Route Faces Setbacks, Low Interest
By Steven Stashwick
Despite warming Arctic, competition among great powers remains cool.

China-Russia Trouble on the Arctic Silk Road?
By Nengye Liu
The future of the 'Ice Silk Road' is bright -- as long as China-Russia relations remain on good terms.
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