![]() ![]() ![]() Data gleaned and shared by China would enhance Moscow’s and Beijing’s ability to threaten NATO supply lines in the North Atlantic and coordinate challenges to NATO along China’s coastline and Russia’s border with NATO. ![]() “Chinese investments in infrastructure, energy and mining across the Arctic provide Beijing with dual-use ISR capabilities. However, with melting, the Arctic Ocean could become navigable in 10-20 years, offering to cut international shipping routes by weeks. Notably the world’s largest deposits of oil and natural gas may be in the Arctic, an area largely impenetrable for ice and glaciers. A recent Hudson Institute event on Dragon in the North: Assessing the Growing Chinese Threat to the Arctic Region examined China’s role in the Arctic. Compared to the sparse White House document, Russia and China have far more detailed plans for the region. Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan commended the four pillars but that it was missing a fifth: responsible resource development in Alaska. The Biden Administration released its Arctic Strategy, which is built on the four pillars of security, climate, sustainability, and cooperation. Thanks to global warming, the frozen sheets blanketing the Arctic are expected to retreat, AFP via Getty Images The Arctic, a region much coveted by energy-hungry Beijing for its as-yet untapped supplies of oil.
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