Russia and China’s Cooperation in the Arctic. Challenges and Opportunities (Summary)

Abstract

Recently, strategic partnership between Russia and China was extended with the new dimension, namely cooperation in the Arctic. Both opportunities and challenges could be discovered in this region and their analysis will be the focus of this article. The most promising issue of bilateral Arctic cooperation appears to be the joint development of the Northern Sea Route.

Keywords

• russia
• china
• arctic
• arctic policy
• the northern sea route
• unclos