Mapping the World
Season 36 Episode 1 - From the Bering Strait to the Arctic: Russian ambitions
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1990
Documentary
Direction the Bering Strait, the closest point of contact between Russia and the United States. It separates Chukotka, a Russian autonomous district of Alaska, by 85 km. Since 1945, the Bering Strait has been the barometer of relations between the two great powers. A look back at this region of the Arctic, where the major issues of our century are at stake.
Episodes in Season 36
1
From the Bering Strait to the Arctic: Russian ambitions
12 min
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
Russia–North Korea: a long history
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8
China: power of war or peace?
12 min
9
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10
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11
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12
Germany: change of era
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13
Poland: new European leader?
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14
Russian economy: resilient or declining?
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15
The Gulf of Guinea: a strategic and threatened crossroads
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16
Africa: France at half mast
12 min
17
Biodiversity: SOS animals
12 min
18
China: the big breakdown
12 min
19
Space: in the process of privatization?
12 min
20
At the borders of Russia: fear of war
12 min
21
European defense: the great rearmament
12 min
22
Syria: what future after the Assad dictatorship?
12 min
23
Azerbaijan: hydrocarbons and dictatorship
12 min
24
Sudan: forgotten war
12 min
25
Artificial intelligence: a global competition
12 min
26
Europeans and British: what reunion?
13 min
27
Morocco: between Europe and Africa
12 min
28
Norway: Russia's worrying neighbor
12 min
29
Saudi Arabia: MBS places itself in the center
12 min
