POLAR SILK ROAD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SECOND FORUM “ONE BELT – ONE WAY”
Abstract
In the article is given analysis the Polar Silk Road China plan in the new “Age of the Arctic” in the context of The second forum “One Belt – One Way” which was held in April 2019 in China. The study focuses on the theoretical reflection of discourse on a number of problem: (1). The initiative of the Chinese leadership “One Belt – One Way” which combines the projects “The Economic Belt of the Silk Road” and the “Sea Silk Road of the XXI Century”, launched in September 2013 (2).General characteristic of trends in 283 agreements as practical results were achieved in six categories: initiatives proposed or proposed by the Chinese side, bilateral and multilateral documents signed during or immediately before the second forum, multilateral cooperation mechanisms within the forum, investment projects and lists of projects, financing projects and projects of local authorities and enterprises; (3). Influence of ice melting on geopolitical and geo-economic situation in Arctic; (4). The growing circumpolar collaboration between organizations of peoples and regional governments: the North meets the North; (5). Region-building under paramount participation of states with a focus on the Arctic Council; (6). The relationship of the Arctic with the outside world; (7). The effects non-system actors (China) on the transformation of geopolitical and geo-economic strategies in the Arctic region as the sixth part of world space north of the parallel 66° 33'39'' with a population of 4 million people in eight circumpolar countries: Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States, rich in renewable (fish, sea animals) and non-renewable resources (up to 20 % of world mineral reserves); (8). “Polar Silk Road”, White Paper “China’s Arctic Policy”.
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