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Tag: Polar Silk Road

Posted inArctic

US bent on stopping The Polar Silk Road

by Dave Makichuk December 19, 2020December 22, 2020

They say that recluse billionarie Howard Hughes’ favourite movie was 1968’s Ice Station Zebra. Guarded and served by his loyal Mormon staff on the top two floors of the Desert Inn and casino in Las Vegas, he watched it over and over, while giving orders by phone to the mysterious former CIA operative Howard Hunt. […]

Posted inBeijing, Belt and Road, China

BRI transforming world economic order

by Matthew J L Ehret April 25, 2019February 18, 2020
The Xue Long icebreaker made made China's first circumnavigation of the Arctic in 2017. Photo: China govt media
Posted inBelt and Road, Canada, China, Russia, World

Canadian panel urges Arctic policy shift

by Matthew J L Ehret April 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inOceania

Cold war chill settles over Antarctica

by Alan Boyd March 7, 2019February 18, 2020
The circular route through the Arctic Circle. Illustration: iStock / Getty
Posted inChina, European Union, India, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Arctic ambition: Beijing eyes the Polar Silk Road

by Sabena Siddiqui October 25, 2018October 25, 2018

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