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Why China plays by the rules in the Arctic

The Circumpolar – Arctic Geopolitics (podcast), June 24, 2026.

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'China has worked its way into almost every legal regime in the Arctic because international law is its way in,’ says Iselin Stensdal. She explains why Beijing continues to play by the rules in the Arctic, arguing that legal frameworks provide China with influence in a region where it has no sovereign territory.

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Iselin Stensdal
Senior Researcher

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Making Use of Arctic Science – The case of the Arctic Council (MARCS)	Ongoing