Asian Countries and Arctic Shipping: Policies, Interests and Footprints on Governance

• Published in: Arctic Review on Law and Politics
• Main Authors: Arild Moe, Olav Schram Stokke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP 2019
• Subjects: maritime transport; Northern Sea Route; Northeast passage; China; Japan; Korea; polar silk road; Arctic Council; Law; K; Arctic; Norway; Tromsø; Lanes; Arctic review on law and politics; Northeast Passage; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1374; https://doaj.org/article/84c8e114d3a9454bb7c9a010fc2b9682

Most studies of Asian state involvement in Arctic affairs assume that shorter sea-lanes to Europe are a major driver of interest, so this article begins by examining the prominence of shipping concerns in Arctic policy statements made by major Asian states. Using a bottom-up approach, we consider th...