New kind of cold war as US extends competition with China and Russia to the Arctic

China and Russia have stepped up activity in the region, with Beijing intensifying diplomatic efforts and self-identifying as a ‘near-Arctic’ nation

In response, the US has increased flights near Russia’s borders to record levels, reopened its Greenland consulate and set out an updated Arctic strategy

Danil Bochkov

Published: 1:30am, 13 Jan, 2021

Updated: 2:23am, 13 Jan, 2021

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Danil Bochkov is an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council. He gained his master of economics at MGIMO-University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and a bachelor's degree in foreign regional studies at the Institute of Business Studies (IBS-Moscow). He also has a master's degree in world economy from the University of international Business and Economics (UIBE, Beijing)