The Arctic, rich in untapped energy reserves and offering shorter global shipping routes, is becoming a key theater of great ...

Investment in Pituffik has been inconsistent, however, and its importance has waned since the Cold War. Renewed attention to ...

Beijing’s ambitions in the Arctic are real, but its influence in Greenland is limited. That might change if Washington pushes ...

and direct access to the European market for China. The TSR will be the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia, and does not pass through any of the Arctic powers’ Exclusive Economic ...

Shipping over Arctic routes saw a 37% increase between 2013 and 2023, according to the Arctic Council. In 2018, China also announced its intent to construct a "Polar Silk Road" linking China and ...

Rubio said Arctic shipping routes were going to be crucial for the ... s camp as a reason for its strategic value. A spokesman for China’s embassy in Washington, Liu Pengyu, told Bloomberg ...

Conservative Leader cites need to counter growing threats from Russia and China, as well as desire to maintain good relations ...

The opening up of the polar region has become such a pressing issue that a new Arctic ministerial policy group - spanning ...