Imfazwe e-Ukraine inyanzelise iNtshona ukuba ihlengahlengise kwezopolitiko kunye nomkhosi kwinyani entsha neRussia, kodwa asinakukwazi ukuwahoya amathuba iChina ngoku eArctic.Izohlwayo eziqatha ngokuchasene neRashiya zibe nefuthe elibi kwinkqubo yayo yebhanki, icandelo lamandla kunye nokufikelela kubuchwephesha obuphambili.Izohlwayo zayinqumla ngokufanelekileyo iRussia ukusuka eNtshona kwaye inokubanyanzela ukuba bathembele eTshayina ukunqanda ukuwa kwezoqoqosho.Ngelixa iBeijing inokuzuza ngeendlela ezininzi, iUnited States ayinakungayihoyi impembelelo yeNdlela yoLwandle lwaseNyakatho (NSR) kukhuseleko lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Ifumaneka kunxweme lweArctic eRashiya, iNSR ingaba yindlela enkulu yolwandle edibanisa iAsia neYurophu.I-NSR igcinwe ukusuka kwi-1 ukuya kwi-3,000 yeekhilomitha kwi-Strait yaseMalacca kunye ne-Suez Canal.Ubukhulu bolu longiso bufana nokunyuka kweenqwelomoya ezibangelwa yi-Ever Given grounding, ephazamise amakhonkco okubonelela kunye noqoqosho kumazwekazi amaninzi.Okwangoku, iRashiya inokugcina i-NSR isebenza malunga neenyanga ezilithoba zonyaka, kodwa bathi bajolise ekufezekiseni i-traffic unyaka wonke ngo-2024. Njengoko i-Far North ifudumala, ukuxhomekeka kwi-NSR kunye nezinye iindlela ze-Arctic ziya kwanda kuphela.Nangona izohlwayo zaseNtshona ngoku zisongela uphuhliso lweNdlela yoLwandle lwaseMntla, iChina ikulungele ukusebenzisa oku.
I-China inomdla ocacileyo wezoqoqosho kunye neqhinga kwi-Arctic.Ngokwezoqoqosho, bafuna ukusebenzisa iindlela zolwandle ze-Arctic kwaye beze nenyathelo le-Polar Silk Road, echaza ngokucacileyo iinjongo zabo zokuchaphazela uphuhliso lwe-Arctic.Ngobuchule, i-China ifuna ukunyusa impembelelo yayo yaselwandle njengamandla asondeleyo, ide ithi "ilizwe elingaphantsi kwe-subbarctic" ukuthethelela ukuthanda kwayo ngaphezu kwe-66 ° 30′N.NgoNovemba ka-2021, iChina yabhengeza izicwangciso zokwakha inqanawa yesithathu yokuqhekeza umkhenkce kunye nezinye iinqanawa ezenzelwe ukunceda iRussia ukuba iphonononge iArctic, kwaye uMongameli Xi Jinping kunye noMongameli uVladimir Putin ngokudibeneyo bathi baceba "ukuvuselela" intsebenziswano yeArctic ngoFebruwari 2022.
Ngoku ukuba iMoscow ibuthathaka kwaye inqwenela, iBeijing inokuthatha inyathelo kwaye isebenzise i-NSR yaseRashiya.Ngelixa iRashiya ineenqanawa zokuqhekeza umkhenkce ezingaphezu kwama-40, ezo zicwangcisiweyo ngoku okanye ezisakhiwayo, kunye nezinye iziseko ezingundoqo zeArctic, zinokuba semngciphekweni kwizohlwayo zaseNtshona.I-Russia iya kufuna inkxaso engakumbi evela e-China ukugcina iNdlela yoLwandle lwaseMntla kunye nezinye izinto ezinomdla welizwe.I-China ke ngoko ibinokuxhamla kufikelelo olusimahla kwaye mhlawumbi namalungelo awodwa okuncedisa ekusebenzeni nasekugcinweni kwe-NSR.Kusenokwenzeka ukuba iRussia ehlala yedwa ngokusisigxina iya kuxabisa kwaye idinga kakhulu i-Arctic ally ukuba iya kunika iTshayina isiqwenga esincinci sommandla weArctic, ngaloo ndlela iququzelele ubulungu kwiBhunga leArctic.Amazwe amabini abeka esona sisoyikiso sikhulu kucwangco olusekwe kwimithetho yamazwe ngamazwe aya kuba nokwahlulwa kumlo onzima elwandle.
Ukuhambisana nezi nyani kunye nokuchasana nezakhono zaseRussia nezaseTshayina, iUnited States kufuneka yandise intsebenziswano yayo namahlakani ethu eArctic, kunye namandla ayo.Kumazwe asibhozo e-Arctic, amahlanu ngamalungu e-NATO, kwaye zonke ngaphandle kweRashiya zingamahlakani ethu.I-United States kunye namahlakani ethu asemantla kufuneka aqinise ukuzibophelela kwethu kunye nobukho obudibeneyo e-Arctic ukuthintela iRussia neChina ekubeni zibe ziinkokeli kuMntla oPhezulu.Okwesibini, iUnited States kufuneka yandise ngakumbi amandla ayo kwiArctic.Ngelixa i-US Coast Guard inezicwangciso zexesha elide kwiinqanawa ze-polar ze-polar ezinzima kunye ne-3 ye-arctic patrol ephakathi kweenqanawa, eli nani kufuneka linyuswe kwaye imveliso ikhawuleze.Ubuchule bokulwa obuphezulu obudibeneyo boMkhosi woNxweme kunye ne-US Navy kufuneka kwandiswe.Okokugqibela, ukuqhuba uphuhliso olunoxanduva kwi-Arctic, kufuneka silungiselele kwaye sikhusele amanzi ethu e-Arctic ngophando kunye notyalo-mali.Njengoko i-United States kunye namahlakani ethu eqhelana nezinto ezintsha zehlabathi, ngoku kunanini na ngaphambili kufuneka sicacise kwaye someleze izibophelelo zethu kwi-Arctic.
ULieutenant (JG) uNidbala uthweswe isidanga ngo-2019 kwi-United States Coast Guard Academy.Emva kokuphumelela, wasebenza njengegosa lomlindo kunye neCGC Escanaba (WMEC-907) iminyaka emibini kwaye ngoku ukhonza neCGC uDonald Horsley (WPC-1117), izibuko lasekhaya laseSan Juan, ePuerto Rico.
Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-20-2022