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

• Published in: Arctic Review on Law and Politics
• Main Authors: Moe, Arild, Stokke, Olav Schram
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law 2019
• Subjects: maritime transport; Northern Sea Route; Northeast passage; China; Japan; Korea; polar silk road; Arctic Council; Arctic; Lanes; Northeast Passage
• Online Access: https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1374; https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1374

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...