Green Options » geopolitics http://greenoptions.com/tag/geopolitics Posts tagged 'geopolitics' Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Putin, Russia and the North http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/15/putin-russia-and-the-north/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/15/putin-russia-and-the-north/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:14:03 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/15/putin-russia-and-the-north/ PutinWhile not new news to any readers who follow international relations, what does it mean when Russian scientists have claimed that the 1,220-mile long underwater Lomonosov Ridge is geologically linked to the Siberian continental platform? While not the start in a race for unclaimed territory, it is simply the latest salvo in an on-going dispute over which nations will be able to control what part of the Arctic, and therefore the ability to exploit or protect.

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