The route’s Russian operator is building more nuclear-powered icebreakers, as it anticipates a significant rise in voyages by ...

China’s support for Russia is fuelling Western ... to Beijing in May the two countries vowed to “promote the Arctic route as an important international transport corridor” and encourage ...

Russia, which controls this route, sees the Arctic as a good opportunity to boost its economic development. As for China, it views the Northern Sea Route as an essential component of its Belt and ...

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

Sandwiched between Finland and Russia 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes rests near the opening of the most viable polar shipping route linking China to Europe. As the sea ice retreats ...

China is interested in wider use of the Northern Sea Route amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Far East and Arctic Minister Alexei Chekunkov told Izvestia. Nevertheless, the ...

Today the Arctic is still a site of peril and promise. A new race to the North Pole is under way, as politicians dream of ...

Secret Russian Intelligence Document: Russia’s domestic security agency says that China is spying on the Russian military’s ...

As arctic ice melts and global warming advances, the arctic is transforming into a new hub for trade, infrastructure and strategic competition. Although distant, Taiwan cannot ignore this shift. As a ...

Melting ice could make shorter transits between Asia and Europe a reality but there are economic and geopolitical risks ...