The United States on Friday unveiled a new strategy for the Arctic that foresees increasing competition with Russia and China in the strategic region.
“We will exercise US government presence required to protect the American people and defend our sovereign territory,” said a fact sheet about the new strategy released by the White House.
China, which describes itself as a “near-Arctic” state, also has ambitions in the region and has said it intended to build a “Polar Silk Road.” China has its eye on mineral resources and new shipping routes as ice caps recede with rising temperatures.
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