Great Powers’ Competition in the Arctic: Geopolitical Rivalry in the New Political Space

• Published in: Vestnik RUDN. International Relations
• Main Author: Maksim Andreevich Nikulin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2019
• Subjects: arctic; usa; china; russia; security; geopolitics; International relations; JZ2-6530; Political science (General); JA1-92; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Lanes; Northern Sea Route; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-0660-2019-19-3-392-403; https://doaj.org/article/e0561dcba55741fb8024ac04f3e7d679

For the past few decades, the Arctic Ocean has experienced a rapid reduction in both the extent and amount of sea ice. These events, caused by global temperature increase, opened previously inaccessible sea shipping lanes and made possible the extraction of natural resources from deposits previously...