{"id":2949,"date":"2026-01-20T10:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:54:26","slug":"why-the-worlds-superpowers-are-racing-to-control-the-arctic-bbc-world-service-27-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=2949","title":{"rendered":"Why the world’s superpowers are racing to control the Arctic – BBC World Service, 27 September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Core takeaways <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tensions are rising at the top of the world as the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia and NATO have increased their military presence in the region, China is expanding its influence, and countries are vying for resources the melting ice may reveal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we explain five reasons why the Arctic has become one of the world\u2019s most hotly contested regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

00:00\u200b Why are tensions high in the Arctic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

00:58\u200b What countries are in the Arctic Circle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

02:27\u200b How Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine affects the Arctic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

03:54\u200b Why does Donald Trump want Greenland?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04:29\u200b Russia and China\u2019s partnership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

06:28\u200b How climate change is affecting shipping routes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

07:47\u200b What resources are there in the Arctic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

08:44\u200b Global interest in the Arctic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Core takeaways  Tensions are rising at the top of the world as the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on earth. Russia and NATO have increased their military presence in the region, China is expanding its influence, and countries are vying for resources the melting ice may reveal.  Here we explain five reasons why the Arctic has become one of the world\u2019s most hotly contested regions. Chapters 00:00\u200b Why are tensions high in the Arctic? 00:58\u200b What countries are in the Arctic Circle? 02:27\u200b How Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine affects…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2954,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions\/2954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}