RUSSIA AND CHINA: INTERESTS, POTENTIAL AND PROSPECTS OF INTERACTION IN THE ARCTIC

The globalization of the Russian and Chinese economies in the 1990 – 2010s, as well as the policy of strategic partnership between two countries come together with strengthening their political activity and interaction in the Arctic. Based on the methodology of fundamental system analysis, the article is a critical study of real interests, the common strategy that is formed, resource potential and probable prospects for the Chinese policy in the Arctic as an important component and factor for the development of the Russian and Chinese relations. The conclusions and recommendations made at the end of the article are relevant and important both for China and Russia as one of the Arctic states.