‘We Need Icebreakers’ – And More Strategic Partnerships

The U.S. “containment” of the Russia-China strategic partnership is already unravelling in real time.

The St. Petersburg forum offered a wealth of crucial sessions discussing connectivity corridors. One of the key ones was on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – or, in Chinese terminology, the Arctic Silk Road: the number one future alternative to the Suez canal.

With an array of main corporate actors in the room – for instance, from Rosneft, Novatek, Norilsk Nickel – as well as governors and minister...