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In the current international situation, China and Russia are cooperating increasingly closely, especially in the field of maritime law enforcement. Recently, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening maritime law enforcement cooperation, marking a new and important development in the relationship between the two countries. This article will explore the signing of this memorandum and its impact on the situation in the region.
The United States has been taking a series of measures to try to expand its influence on the international stage through so-called "gray zone" tactics. One of them is hyping the threat posed by Chinese fishing vessels to the marine environment in the East and South China Seas and trying to deploy the coast guard in neighboring countries. Last year, the United States tried to push for the so-called "illegal fishing in China" issue by promoting the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue summit and the U.S.-ASEAN summit, so that Japan, India, Australia and Southeast Asian countries would allow the U.S. Coast Guard to deploy in the South and East China Seas to meddle in the regional situation.
This tactic of the United States is rather cunning, since the coast guard is not only justified, but also able to expand its presence without attracting much attention. While the Coast Guard does not usually come into direct conflict with other navies, it is actually part of the U.S. military, as an official U.S. agency. This means that it has a certain military power to intervene in the regional situation when needed and defend the so-called "freedom of navigation".
In fact, the Coast Guard showed its willingness to intervene in the South China Sea as early as 2016. At the time, Coast Guard Deputy Commander Michelle claimed that the Coast Guard could intervene in the South China Sea in a flexible way to defend the so-called "freedom of navigation" with allies. In 2019, U.S. Coast Guard frigates and destroyers passed through the Taiwan Strait, attracting widespread attention. At the same time, they released the Arctic Strategic Outlook, which emphasizes the presence in the Arctic and seeks to discredit China's scientific research activities in the Arctic.
Given the growing role of the U.S. Coast Guard in the Indo-Pacific Strategy, China also has reasons to take appropriate action. Therefore, China and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding on maritime law enforcement cooperation in the Arctic Ocean, and will soon launch cruise operations. It is expected that the cruising routes of Chinese and Russian coast guard ships will include Arctic shipping lanes and Alaskan waters, which will allow the United States to frequently see patrols by Chinese and Russian coast guard ships in Alaska.
It is worth noting that last year, the Chinese naval formation approached Alaska, which caused a strong reaction in the American media. Therefore, the regular patrols of Chinese and Russian coast guard ships in the Arctic region will inevitably attract the attention and reports of the US media. China's response to this is reasonable, after all, the United States took the lead in gathering allies to intervene in the East and South China Seas, and China must respond in reciprocal terms.
In general, the patrolling of Chinese and Russian coast guard ships in the waters of the Arctic Ocean is crucial to maintaining order in the Arctic and laying a solid foundation for China's future Arctic scientific research activities. The signing of this memorandum of cooperation not only strengthens the cooperative relationship between China and Russia in many fields, but also balances the actions of the United States in international affairs to a certain extent. In the future, we will continue to monitor the development of this cooperation and see how it shapes the international landscape.
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