Too Much to Fight Over; Politics  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8789 (Jun. 2012), page 10-12.
Topik: Geopolitics; Natural Resources; International Relations; Manycompanies; Manyindustries

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The geopolitics of the new Arctic entered the mainstream on August 2nd 2007. Descending by Mir submersible to a depth of over 4km, a Russian-led expedition planted a titanium Russian flag beneath the North Pole. The news shocked the world. The Lomonosov ridge under the pole, which is probably rich in minerals, is claimed by Russia, Canada and Denmark. The Russians, it was assumed, were asserting their claim, perhaps even launching a scramble for Arctic resources. One of their leaders, Artur Chilingarov, Russia's leading polar explorer and a Putin loyalist, fanned the flames. "The Arctic has always been Russian," he declared. Yet the expedition turned out to have been somewhat international, initiated by an Australian entrepreneur and a retired American submarine captain, and paid for by a Swedish pharmaceuticals tycoon. Even so, fears of Arctic conflict have not gone away. In 2010 NATO's top officer in Europe, James Stavridis, an American admiral, gave warning that "for now, the disputes in the north have been dealt with peacefully, but climate change could alter the equilibrium".

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