With global warming setting new records, Arctic shipping routes that were once simply pipe dreams are now much closer to reality. How would China’s plans for a 'Polar Silk Road' impact existing trade routes like the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait? And as the ice melts, who can lay claim to the region's natural resources - an estimated 15% of the world's undiscovered natural gas and 10% untapped oil? Despite the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of the six nations that surround the Arctic, Beijing has set out a strategy where it also has a stake, naming itself a 'near-Arctic state' and taking on a place as an observer of the Arctic Council.
Our guests:
Liu Fu-kuo
- National Chengchi University Institute of International Relations Research Fellow
Chenlung Kuo
- Deputy Editor-in-Chief at United Daily News
And from Washington D.C.
Liselotte Odgaard
- Hudson Institute Senior Fellow
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