The Arctic Regional System under External Influence : The Case of China

Abstrakt

We answer the question if the presence of China facilitates, disturbs, or has no effect over, the pace of Arctic regionalism. Firstly, the Arctic regional system is defined as sum of five geostrategic action spaces.

Secondly, strategic organization of nodes and links, patterns of asymmetry, and the extent of intra- and inter-regional interdependence is identified for each human-constructed action space. We conclude that China has an ambivalent effect over the region's military space, an interfering impact over the economic space, and a minimal impact over the socio-demographic space.

Klíčová slova

• geopolitical analysis
• regionalism
• the Arctic system
• China
• social network analysis