The Geopolitical Significance of the Bering Strait Region in the 21st Century

• Main Author: Raková, Alena
• Other Authors: Sehnálková, Jana, Bečka, Jan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd 2015
• Subjects: Bering Strait; United States of America; geopolitics; international cooperation; Arctic; environmetal protection; maritime traffic; Alaska; Beringova úžina; Spojené státy americké; geopolitika; mezinárodní spolupráce; Arktida; ochrana životního prostředí; námořní doprava; Aljaška; Pacific; Roli; Climate change; Ice cap; Polar Ice Cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/78279

As Arctic warms twice as fast as the rest of the world and the polar ice-cap melts, the strategic importance and geopolitical significance of the Bering Strait as the only maritime gateway between the world's fastest-developing and dynamic regions, the Asia Pacific and the Arctic region, will s...