The Northern Sea Route – The Key to the Development of the Russian Arctic. Key Quotes

Is Russia’s logistics system ready for more eastbound traffic? Russian industry needs to quickly decide how to compensate for the loss of several major markets for its products. One of the most promising destinations is the Asia — Pacific region, but logistics are a bottleneck for this pivot to the East. There is not enough shipping capacity, and the problem can only be solved with massive investments.

The Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and National Security up to 2020 defines the basic mechanisms, ways and means to achieve the strategic goals and priorities for the sustainable development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and the national security.

The publication by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) provides an overview of climate change in the Arctic, raises the issue of the limits of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean, and studies the political and military situation in the region.

This paper examines Arctic sea-ice simulations generated by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) which makes it possible to model future evolution of the sea-ice cover in the Arctic.