BRI & The Arctic Route: How Melting Ice Is Redrawing Global Trade Maps in 2025–2026
For centuries, the Arctic Ocean was a frozen fortress. Explorers risked their lives to chart its treacherous waters; navies dreamed of secret passages; traders imagined a shorter path between Asia and Europe but were defeated by thick, unyielding ice. Today, that centuries-long dream is becoming a startling reality — not because of human triumph alone, […]
Arctic Trade Routes in 2026: The New Global Shipping Battleground
There is a hush to the Arctic that humbles you. A soft, white openness spreads like the margin of an old map. Yet beneath that silence, a global conversation is unfolding. In 2026, the Arctic has shifted from the edge of trade imagination to one of its most contested stages. Melting sea ice, new icebreaker […]