“The region has become an arena of global power and competition. Just because the Arctic is a place of wilderness does not mean it should become a place of lawlessness. China’s pattern of aggressive behaviour elsewhere will inform how it treats the Arctic. Do we want the Arctic Ocean to transform into a new South China Sea, fraught with militarisation and competing territorial claims? There are only Arctic states and non-Arctic states. No third category exists, and claiming otherwise entitles China to exactly nothing.”
06 May 2019
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