“Polar Silk road”: project implementation and geo-economic interests of Russia and China
Abstract The authors focus on the Northern sea route of Russia, which is considered as a transcontinental Euro-Asian sea transport corridor. It is emphasized that the Arctic is not only a reliable source of energy security of Russia, but also an important geostrategic region. In this regard, the Nor...
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crioppubl:10.1088/1755-1315/434/1/012009 2024-06-02T08:02:25+00:00 “Polar Silk road”: project implementation and geo-economic interests of Russia and China Gladkiy, Yu N Sukhorukov, V D Yu Kornekova, S Kulik, S V Kaledin, N V 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/434/1/012009 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/434/1/012009/pdf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/434/1/012009 unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science volume 434, issue 1, page 012009 ISSN 1755-1307 1755-1315 journal-article 2020 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/434/1/012009 2024-05-07T14:00:46Z Abstract The authors focus on the Northern sea route of Russia, which is considered as a transcontinental Euro-Asian sea transport corridor. It is emphasized that the Arctic is not only a reliable source of energy security of Russia, but also an important geostrategic region. In this regard, the Northern sea route will be modernized even if the Chinese idea of the “Polar silk road” is not implemented at all. The role of China in the development of the transit highway project, which remains a reserve of the international transport system, is analyzed. There are some high expectations of Russia from the project, as the neighboring country is extremely cautious in its implementation, investing capital mainly in mining. In addition, there is a fear that the declared principles of the project implementation will lead, if not to the complete displacement of Russian business, then to a sharp weakening of its positions. This point of view is confirmed by the policy of Chinese investors to exercise strict control over the emerging transport arteries. Among the vulnerable points of the silk road project implementation are severe natural conditions, restrictions of the navigation season, insufficient capacity of the icebreaker fleet, economic sanctions of the United States and Western Europe, as well as the difficulties of creating a modern transport infrastructure along the sea route. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northern Sea Route IOP Publishing Arctic IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 434 1 012009 |
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Abstract The authors focus on the Northern sea route of Russia, which is considered as a transcontinental Euro-Asian sea transport corridor. It is emphasized that the Arctic is not only a reliable source of energy security of Russia, but also an important geostrategic region. In this regard, the Northern sea route will be modernized even if the Chinese idea of the “Polar silk road” is not implemented at all. The role of China in the development of the transit highway project, which remains a reserve of the international transport system, is analyzed. There are some high expectations of Russia from the project, as the neighboring country is extremely cautious in its implementation, investing capital mainly in mining. In addition, there is a fear that the declared principles of the project implementation will lead, if not to the complete displacement of Russian business, then to a sharp weakening of its positions. This point of view is confirmed by the policy of Chinese investors to exercise strict control over the emerging transport arteries. Among the vulnerable points of the silk road project implementation are severe natural conditions, restrictions of the navigation season, insufficient capacity of the icebreaker fleet, economic sanctions of the United States and Western Europe, as well as the difficulties of creating a modern transport infrastructure along the sea route. |
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“Polar Silk road”: project implementation and geo-economic interests of Russia and China |
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