O oceano Ártico: oportunidades da nova fronteira marítima

Marcos Valle Machado da Silva

doi:10.5433/1984-3356.2014v7n13p228

Authors

Marcos Valle Machado da Silva Escola de Guerra Naval - EGN http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-8899

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2014v7n13p228

Keywords:

China, Maritime trade. Arctic Council. Maritime routes. Arctic Ocean

Abstract

Climate change due to global warming will not only have negative effects. In the case of maritime trade, the risk arising from the increase in the average temperature of the planet has some opportunities already being analyzed by various states. One such opportunity relates to the potential use of sea routes through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The purpose of this article is to analyze the implications for maritime trade, resulting from the reduction of the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean and to show which states are shaping the institutions and rules for use of this new opportunity. To achieve this goal, the text was divided into three sections. The first introduces the reader to the projections accessibility to navigation in the Arctic Ocean and the potential shipping routes that are revealed for the maritime trade. The second section of the paper examines how states with territory in the Arctic, as well as those with direct interests in the region, are articulating institutions for this purpose, notably the Arctic Council. The third and final section examines "how" and "why" China, a State exogenous to the Arctic, has managed to implement successful strategies in defense of their interests in the region.

Author Biography

Marcos Valle Machado da Silva, Escola de Guerra Naval - EGN

Master in International Relations from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and in Strategic Studies from the Universidade Federal Fluminense. Doctoral candidate in Political Science at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. Professor at the Escola de Guerra Naval.

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