Incompatible Strategic Cultures Limit Russian-Chinese Strategic Cooperation in the Arctic
Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
Year: 2023

Russia&rsquo;s full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to concern about the implications for Arctic governance and stability. The Arctic Council has been temporarily suspended and the security tension between Russia and the seven other Western Arctic states has intensified. A more isolated Russia under Western sanctions leans even more towards the East, where China, especially, figures as an attractive strategic partner. In this article, we set out to examine the prospects for Ru