Perché anche la Cina fa rotta per l’Artico (Giorgio Cuscito, Aspenia online)

La Cina si è interessata all’Artico fin dai primi decenni del 1900, ma solo recentemente ha cominciato ad attuare in questa parte di mondo una strategia di ampio respiro. Ciò dipende da diversi fattori: la presenza di grandi risorse energetiche e minerarie; lo sviluppo di nuove rotte commerciali agevolate dal progressivo scioglimento dei ghiacci; la ricerca scientifica; il commercio ittico. I tratti salienti della politica cinese in questa regione vanno inseriti anche nel contesto del recente abbassamento del prezzo del petrolio.

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/perch%C3%A9-anche-la-cina-fa-rotta-l%E2%80%99artico

An Arctic Redesign (Heather A. Conley, Matthew Melino, CSIS)

The Arctic Council was launched in 1996 as an informal, consensual, and cooperative mechanism without either legal personality or operational mandate. It was designed to enhance measures to collectively protect the Arctic’s environment and to explore sustainable development opportunities. The Arctic Council turns 20 years old in 2016, and it has grown larger and more complex—welcoming new observer states such as China and India, initiating two legally binding agreements on search and rescue and oil spill response, and creating a permanent Secretariat. As the increasingly dynamic Arctic environment undergoes vast physical and geopolitical transformations, is the 20-year old Arctic Council’s organizational structure adequate and fit for its purpose? Can the Council remain at the center of Arctic-related activities under its current mandate? Is a substantial rethink of the Council’s governance structure necessary to ensure its productivity and longevity for the next 20 years? This report considers these questions and outlines four possible scenarios and strategies for Arctic Council reform and repair, as well as the implications for the Arctic Council in the future.

http://csis.org/publication/arctic-redesign

(Arctic) A Colder War In Arctic (Arab News)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/01092015-a-colder-war-in-arctic-oped/

(Global) Life on the "Front Lines of Climate Change" in the U.S. Arctic (CSIS)

http://csis.org/publication/life-front-lines-climate-change-us-arctic

(Arctic) 5 reasons to care about Arctic ice melt (World Economic Forum)

https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/08/5-reasons-to-care-about-arctic-ice/

(Arctic) The New Ice Curtain: Russia's Strategic Reach to the Arctic (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/new-ice-curtain-russias-strategic-reach-arctic

(Arctic) Russia's Arctic illusions (Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/08/27-russia-arctic-geopolitics-baev

(Istituto fondamentale - Arctic) The Arctic Domain: A Narrow Niche For Joint Special Operations Forces (NDU Press)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/16072015-the-arctic-domain-a-narrow-niche-for-joint-special-operations-forces-analysis/

(Istituto fondamentale - Arctic) Arctic Crossroads: Iceland's Strategic Interests in the Arctic (CSIS)

http://csis.org/event/statesmens-forum-gunnar-bragi-sveinsson-icelandic-foreign-minister