Wednesday, July 25, 2007

More US Russian tension on the horizon???

A great article about a Russian expedition to the North Pole...cool in itself, but buried at the bottom of the article is a quick hit on US/Russian tensions...

It's about Russia claiming more waters off it's north cost and the US opposition to such tactics...

Maybe I am reading too much into this but in the relatively near future the Arctic circle will be a huge focus for international tension. As the ice caps melt (initially for part of the year and then for the entire year) there will be more and more competition to gain control of a viable "East/West" passage that would cut weeks off of shipping times from China to Europe and the East coast of the US.

yet another instance of tension with Russia...also see my post about troop reductions in Europe if you haven't read it yet.

Posted by Pete at 11:14 PM

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