Connivencia ruso-china en el Ártico: explicación de la Ruta de la Seda Polar

• Main Author: Fuster Leal, Rubén
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Ruta; Ruso; Global warming
• Online Access: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8536495

The global warming has increased the Arctic’s geopolitical importance because the melting of the region will make easier the access to new international trade routes, as well as to considerable and potential natural resources. The Arctic’s coastal States (the Arctic Five) are better positioned to take control of the region and its resources, and, besides, Arctic Five are reluctant to whatever type of outside interference. Nevertheless, States with growing international weight —like is the case of China— clamour for having a place in the future Arctic governance and in the distribution of the melting’s earnings. For that reason, Russia, one of the Arctic Five, was against the China’s access to Arctic, and there was certain degree of conflict among it. However, the Russia’s and China’s interest began to coincide since 2014, which substantially improved its relationship. Russia turned to China in search of the investment and the technology that had been denied by the West. In addition, the Asian giant is a potential market for its greater and greater natural resource reserve. For its part, the search of an alternative route for trade and energetic supply is more and more pressing in China. Beijing saw in Moscow an important vector to seep into Arctic. With all that, the high point of its connivance in the Arctic region was reached in 2018, when China’s Polar Silk Route —that will go by Russia´s maritime route of the Northeast— was released. El calentamiento global ha acrecentado la relevancia geopolítica del Ártico debido a que el deshielo de la región facilitará el acceso a nuevas rutas internacionales de transporte, así como a cuantiosos y potenciales recursos naturales. Los Estados ribereños del Ártico (los Arctic Five) están mejor posicionados para hacerse con el control de la región y de sus recursos, y son reticentes a cualquier tipo de injerencia externa. No obstante, Estados con creciente peso internacional —como es el caso de China— claman por tener un lugar en la futura gobernanza ártica y en el reparto ...