Das "ewige Eis" am Nordpol schmilzt und arktische Räume werden immer leichter und länger zugänglich. Auf dem Land können die reichen Bodenschätze einfacher abgebaut werden und der Schiffsverkehr im Nordpolarmeer nimmt zu. Die Arktis verliert dabei zunehmend ihren Ausnahmecharakter als Ort...

According to official statements, the main purpose of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue ("Quad") is to intensify cooperation between the four partner countries - Australia, India, Japan and the United States - in tackling urgent challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. These include climate...

Russia wants to realise a high degree of self-regulated stability in the Arctic. Moscow considers this necessary for overcoming the many problems and obstacles to development that are linked to its ambitious plans as well as the consequences of climate change. The regression of sea ice is...

Due to its strategic immensity and opportunities for covert action, the maritime domain has become the most prominent arena of modern-day great power rivalry. In the shadow of this confrontation and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the Baltic Sea is now the focus of geopolitical...