Climate change may benefit Russia
Articles — By forcechange on November 21, 2008 9:47 am
The National Intelligence Council released its Global Trends 2025 report on Thursday. In it, the NIC made predictions on a number of global trends, including some of the geopolitical effects of climate change. Of particular note, the report indicated that Russia may actually benefit from climate change. Specifically, the melting arctic could open up new swaths of Northern Russia to mining and drilling in regions such as Siberia. Russia, which has built up an extractionist economy, would see a large boost in revenues from these new resources. However, the report notes, that for Russia to experience a real growth in power, they will have to integrate more fully into the global system.
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