The Age of Cryopolitics is Coming

DU Debin, Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
QIN Dahe, Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
MA Yahua, Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
YANG Wenlong, Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; Institute for World Economics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai 200020, China
XIA Qifan, Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Keywords

cryopolitics; the Arctic; territorial claim; military competition; international governance

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Global warming is rapidly melting the cryosphere, triggering a scramble for control of resources and shipping lanes in the cryosphere, especially in the Arctic, and the world is entering the age of cryopolitics driven by climate change. Based on the analyses on the background of cryopolitics formation, this article discusses the connotation and characteristics of cryopolitics, and analyzes the geopolitical competition in the Arctic in the past 20 years from the perspective of realism, including the competition between the Arctic nations for the delimitation of the extended continental shelf of 200 nautical miles, and military competition for Arctic resources and navigation channel control among these nations, especially between Russia and the United States. Finally, some suggestions for China's participation in the international governance of the cryosphere are put forward.

First page

514

Last Page

522

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Debin, DU; Dahe, QIN; Yahua, MA; Wenlong, YANG; and Qifan, XIA (2020) "The Age of Cryopolitics is Coming," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 35 : Iss. 4 , Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20200229003
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss4/14

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