Russia, China & the Arctic: Competitions, cooperations & geo-economics

Russia is a global and a regional power, yet its economy has experienced an important deceleration in the past years. This work aims to analyse the development of the Russian Far East in that context. This book will show that the Oriental bloc development goes through Asian interactions. The Oriental Arctic area shows a lack in terms of human capabilities, infrastructures and needs foreign direct investments in others sectors than energies. On a short-term basis, Moscow aims at catching up with its industrial backwardness through foreign partnerships and remains dependent of Beijing in this region. This research monograph demonstrates an unbalanced development of the Russian Far East due to internal military and industrial inconsistencies ; a bilateral schizophrenic cooperation & multilateral power games. Speaking about global warming through the COP 21 in Paris and in view of all geopolitical actuality of the Russian state, this study remains current. Does the Russian Far East could become an attractive Arctic hub ? Are the policies developed by Moscow in the Oriental Bloc efficient enough to regain international recognition?