{"id":1976424,"date":"2023-07-18T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-needs-to-step-up-efforts-in-arctic-as-china-russia-eye-alliance-in-region-experts\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:14:43","slug":"us-needs-to-step-up-efforts-in-arctic-as-china-russia-eye-alliance-in-region-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-needs-to-step-up-efforts-in-arctic-as-china-russia-eye-alliance-in-region-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts say the US must increase its efforts in the Arctic as China and Russia consider forming an alliance in the region."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-needs-to-step-up-efforts-in-arctic-as-china-russia-eye-alliance-in-region-experts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div\u200b class=\"post_content\">\n \u2064 <\/p>\n<div \u200dclass=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/c825d6b7-e691-4706-aefb-28f5ece5e143\/audio.mp3?length=5311917&#038;duration=443\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u2064<\/p>\n<h2>China \u200band \u200bRussia\u200b Forge Arctic Alliance, \u2063Experts Warn US to \u200dAct<\/h2>\n<p>Experts are\u200c sounding\u200c the alarm on \u200cChina&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-wilson-introduce-bill-targeting-china-creep-on-campus\/\" title=\"Rubio, Wilson Introduce Bill Targeting China Creep on Campus\">growing influence<\/a> in the\u2064 Arctic, \u2063as\u2062 it\u2064 forms\u2063 an alliance with Russia. They emphasize the \u2062need\u200d for\u200b the United\u2062 States \u2062to take \u2064action to \u2062protect \u2062its\u200d interests before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;America cannot\u200b afford \u2063to\u200b fall\u200b behind,&#8221;\u200c said\u2063 Luke\u200b Coffey,\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-briefed-xi-on-watered-down-chinese-investment-limits\/\" title=\"Biden informed Xi about diluted Chinese investment restrictions.\">senior \u2063fellow<\/a> with \u2064the \u200bHudson \u2062Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Coffey recently testified before the Homeland\u200b Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, highlighting\u2064 the \u2064impact\u200c of\u2063 Russia&#8217;s invasion of\u200d Ukraine on the\u2062 Arctic \u2064States\u2063 Council.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<h3>The Arctic\u200d States Council<\/h3>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Arctic States\u2064 Council is \u200ca cooperative organization consisting\u2062 of\u200c eight nations with \u2063a\u2063 presence in\u200c the \u2064Arctic: the \u200dUnited \u200cStates,\u2064 Russia,\u200d Denmark, Sweden, Finland, \u2064Norway,\u2064 Canada, \u200cand\u2064 Iceland.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200c <figure\u2064 id=\"attachment_2925213\" style=\"width: 640px\"\u200d class=\"wp-caption \u200daligncenter\">\n  \u2062  <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15\/ArcticCouncilFinland-1200x722.jpg\"><br \/>\n    \u2064<figcaption \u2063class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2063  \u200c  <\/a><br \/>\n \u200c \u2062 \u200b Finland\u2019s\u2062 Foreign\u2062 Minister\u200b Timo \u2062Soini\u200b (2nd L)\u2063 welcomes participants\u2062 attending \u2064the 11th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council \u200bin Rovaniemi,\u200d Finland, \u200bon May 7, \u20622019. (Mandel\u200d Ngan\/AFP\/Getty \u200dImages)<br \/>\n \u200c <\/figure>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 council primarily \u2064focuses on non-military and non-security\u200c issues.\u2063 It\u200c operates \u2063by \u2064consensus and\u200b has\u2064 approved three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-needs-to-step-up-efforts-in-arctic-as-china-russia-eye-alliance-in-region-experts\/\" title=\"Experts say the US must increase its efforts in the Arctic as China and Russia consider forming an alliance in the region.\">legally\u200b binding\u200c agreements related<\/a> to \u200bsearch and \u200drescue,\u200b marine oil \u200cpollution, and\u200d international scientific \u200bcooperation in the \u200cArctic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>However,\u200b Russia&#8217;s invasion of \u200cUkraine disrupted\u200b the council&#8217;s \u2064operations,\u200d leading \u2062to\u200c a halt in\u2062 cooperation until Norway \u200dassumed the\u2063 chairmanship.<\/p>\n<figure \u2064id=\"attachment_5388316\" \u2062style=\"width: 640px\"\u2064 class=\"wp-caption \u200caligncenter\">\n\u2063 \u2063   <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11\/id5388316-Biden-Nato1-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u2062  \u2064<figcaption\u200b class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c \u2063  \u200c<\/a><br \/>\n \u2064   \u2062(L-R) \u200dBritish\u200c Prime Minister\u2064 Rishi Sunak, \u2064U.S. President\u200b Joe Biden,\u200c and \u200bNATO Secretary \u200bGeneral \u200bJens Stoltenberg attend \u2063the first day \u2064of the 2023\u200d NATO \u2062Summit in\u200c Vilnius,\u2063 Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. The\u2064 summit brought \u200btogether \u2064NATO \u2064members and \u2064partner \u2062countries\u2019 heads of \u200dstate from\u200c July \u200d11-12 \u200dto\u200b chart the \u2062alliance\u2019s \u200dfuture, with Sweden\u2019s application for \u2062membership\u200b and \u2063Russia\u2019s\u2062 ongoing \u200cwar in\u200c Ukraine as \u200cmajor \u2062topics \u200don \u2063the \u2063summit agenda. (Sean\u2063 Gallup\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u200b \u2062 <\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Interest \u200bin the\u200d Arctic<\/h3>\n<p>China,\u2064 with its \u200bvast fishing fleet and interest\u200b in untapped\u2063 oil \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-on-track-to-increase-iranian-oil-impede-israeli-gas-exports-to-europe\/\" title=\"Biden On Track to Increase Iranian Oil, Impede Israeli Gas Exports to Europe\">natural gas reserves<\/a>, \u2063sees the Arctic \u200das a\u200c strategic \u200copportunity. \u2064It \u200bhas expressed \u2064a \u200dwillingness\u200b to\u200d assist Russia in the \u200cregion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u200c <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In\u200b 2008,\u200d the \u2063U.S. Geological Survey estimated \u200dthat up \u200bto 13\u2062 percent of the world&#8217;s\u2063 undiscovered oil reserves \u200cand \u2063almost\u2062 one-third \u2064of \u2062the\u200b world&#8217;s undiscovered natural\u200b gas\u200c reserves \u200bare \u2064in \u2063the \u2063Arctic,&#8221; Mr. Coffey \u200bexplained.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Given \u2064the\u2062 economic significance of the Arctic,\u2064 it \u200cis crucial\u2062 for\u200c the \u2063United \u200bStates to\u2064 safeguard its interests.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<figure \u2062id=\"attachment_825336\" \u2063style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption\u2063 aligncenter\">\n   \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2014\/07\/30\/ChinaFishingBoat_187834881-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u200b    \u200b\u2062<figcaption\u2062 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200d\u2062  \u2063 <\/a><br \/>\n \u2064  \u200d \u2062A Chinese fishing boat,\u200d which landed\u2063 on \u2063one of \u200dJapan\u2019s\u200b Senkaku\u200b islands, sails into Victoria Harbor \u2064in \u200bHong Kong \u200don\u2062 Nov.\u200b 13, 2013. \u2062Through a new\u200c system, \u2063China is\u2064 militarizing\u2064 its fishing ships. (Aaron Tam\/AFP\/Getty \u200dImages)<br \/>\n \u2064 <\/figure>\n<p>Rep.\u2064 Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), \u2062subcommittee \u200cchairman, expressed concerns about China&#8217;s fishing \u200cpractices, \u2064stating that they \u2064&#8221;are raping\u200c the oceans.&#8221; He warned\u2064 that\u200c China may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-in-ukraine-may-drive-indo-pacific-nations-to-acquiring-nuclear-weapons\/\" title=\"War in Ukraine May Drive Indo-Pacific Nations to Acquiring Nuclear Weapons\">seek access<\/a> \u200dto the Arctic \u200cOcean \u200bfor commercial \u200dfishing.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u2062Coffey \u2064also highlighted\u2063 China&#8217;s attempts to position\u2062 itself as \u2063a \u2064&#8221;near Arctic\u200b State,&#8221; a \u2064term \u2062he \u200cconsiders \u2062fabricated.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Russia,\u2063 on \u200dthe other hand, aims to control \u200bthe Northern Shipping\u2063 Route (NSR) \u2062as\u200c an\u2062 alternative to\u2064 the \u2062Suez \u2062Canal. This\u200c route \u200doffers faster access to European and\u2064 Asian ports.\u200b Russia\u2064 hopes to charge \u2064fees for\u200b its \u200cuse.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4040968\" style=\"width: \u200b640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n  \u2064  <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/10\/09\/GettyImages-102536525-1200x803.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u2064 \u200b\u2063   \u2064<figcaption\u200b class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2064 \u2064 \u200d <\/a><br \/>\n\u200c \u2064  \u2064 \u2062The Chinese \u200dresearch \u200cvessel and\u2062 ice-breaker \u200dXuelong,\u200d which \u200dwill \u200bdepart for the Arctic, arrives in Xiamen, \u2062south \u200bChina\u2019s\u2064 Fujian Province, \u2062on \u200bJune 27, 2010. The \u200cArctic is \u200da region much \u200ccoveted\u2063 by \u200benergy-hungry Beijing\u2064 for\u200d its \u2064untapped \u2063oil \u200band \u2062natural gas \u200csupplies. (STR\/AFP\u200c via \u2062Getty\u2064 Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<h3>Protecting \u2062US\u200b Interests\u200c in\u2063 the Arctic<\/h3>\n<p> \u2064\u200c <\/p>\n<p>To safeguard\u2062 its interests in the \u200dArctic, the\u2062 United States must\u2062 prioritize funding for the \u2064U.S. Coast Guard. Currently, the\u2062 Coast\u2064 Guard lacks \u2063sufficient resources, with only\u200b two\u2062 outdated\u200c heavy icebreakers.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Ronald\u200b O&#8217;Rourke,\u200d a naval specialist,\u200b emphasized \u200cthe \u200cneed\u200d for at least eight icebreakers,\u2063 including \u2063three \u200dPolar Class \u200bheavy \u2062icebreakers, to effectively protect U.S. interests in the\u200b region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>warns that the US must act swiftly to safeguard its interests as China and Russia forge an alliance to extend their influence in the Arctic Circle. 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