Writing in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), journalist Julian Staib argues the Arctic is becoming a key arena of strategic competition, especially between NATO and Russia. Climate change is warming the region about 4 times faster than the global average, and melting ice could shorten the Rotterdam to Shanghai shipping route by about 15 days while opening access to resources. Russia treats the Arctic as a core security zone, with a nuclear submarine fleet on the Kola Peninsula and a multilayered 'fortress defense' system built up since 2015. According to the article, Russia's navy, air force and army within the Arctic Circle are larger by about 1/3 than NATO's forces in the same area. China, the US under President Donald Trump and the EU are also expanding their roles, while Finland and Sweden joining NATO has significantly shifted the strategic balance.
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Original headline: Mặt trận mới khiến 32 nước bất lợi trước Nga: Moscow "dựng pháo đài" ở vùng đất nguy hiểm bậc nhất thế giới
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