Geopolitics & Trade · Big theories
The Arctic Opens
Melting ice is turning the Arctic into a shipping route, resource frontier and military arena: warming four times faster than the globe, the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, oil and gas estimates, Russia's dominance, China's 'Polar Silk Road', Greenland, and NATO's expansion.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Chokepoints; Climate basics. Next: Tech geopolitics: chips & AI. Sources: Rantanen et al. (2022) on Arctic amplification; NSIDC sea-ice data; USGS Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (2008); Arctic Council.Next: 1. Melting