Russia’s in a “post-West” world,1 it has worked to develop dependence on the sea is likely to grow, as a result the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and increase trade of the sharp deterioration of relations with the Euro- with states across the Middle East and North Africa Atlantic community (and the consequent reduction (MENA), in the Gulf, the Indian Ocean, and in the of market share in the West), and. [...] infrastructure linking the Atlantic with the Pacific, It quickly seized command of the Sea of Azov and and the High North to the Caspian Sea and Indian has supported ground forces, conducting strikes Ocean, as well as expeditions to Antarctica, from the Black and Caspian Seas and launching extending Russia's claims on the Arctic shelf, and amphibious assaults and resupply missions. [...] This significant injection of funding of the Arctic region to 2035, the Strategy for the was intended to kick-start modernization and Development of the Shipbuilding Industry, and the development also in the wider economy. [...] maritime power in the world, protecting and promoting the country’s global interests, and the There are, of course, plenty of shipbuilding deliberate recoupling of the military to geostrategic problems, both in the coordination of the different interests at sea. [...] The geo-economic significance of the Opinions expressed in Wilson Center publications and events are Crimean Peninsula, in terms of the command those of the authors and speakers and do not represent the views over the Sea of Azov and influence in the Black of the Wilson Center. Sea, underpins Moscow’s current efforts in the KENNAN CABLE No.
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