The email sent will contain a link to this article, the article title, and an article excerpt (if available). For security reasons, your IP address will also be included in the sent email.
MAP: “Sea Change: The Transformation of the Arctic,” by Scott Borgerson, map by Bryan Christie, The Atlantic, November 2008.
Cool map showing how Russia will soon enough have its fill of useful “warm water” ports.
Russia will have plenty of logistical hubs to sell, if it plays its game right.
We can only hope that Putin gets over himself and does not return to the presidency. Russia’s economic future is bright enough to overcome the profoundly disastrous legacies of the socialist era, but not if Moscow remains delusional about the true nature of that power: it supplies some useful things, but its demand power is still small.
Return to Article
