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联合国徽章上使用的是以北极为中 心的投影地图。
这种投影是在1945年联合国成立时选 定的，那时北极在战略上
无足轻重。
如今，这里已成为世界上争夺最激烈 的区域。
联合国地图的中心，正是如今各大强 权
争相抢夺的那片领土。
俄罗斯的说法是，即将到来的极移会 融化西伯利亚和北极部分
海岸线，而俄罗斯控制着其中大约53% 。
北方海航道，也就是NSR，相比苏伊士 运河
航线可以节省15天航程。
俄罗斯已经投资超过350亿美元开发 这一地区，以建设未来的北极文明。
相比拥有更大北极存在的俄罗斯，
北极存在有限的美国，其叙事则要更 加绝望。
这个故事一开始被称为人为造成的 全球变暖，如今简化成了气候变化。
美国正赶着在2030年最后期限前达标 ，并寻求获得加拿大和格陵兰，
这将使其有能力主导西北航道，这条 通往俄罗斯北方航道的
另一条北极贸易路线。
欧盟已经将北约扩展至包括北极国 家瑞典和芬兰。
2025年1月，欧盟在瑞典的
北极地区成立了欧洲极地协调办公 室（EPCO）。
中国的北极参与体现在他们的“极地 丝绸之路”，这是
“一带一路”在极地水域的延伸。
中国自称为“近北极国家”，并一直投 资于俄罗斯的北极
项目，以换取进入这些项目的机会。
2025年，它通过俄罗斯的北方海航道 完成了创纪录数量的集装箱航程
并将北极指定为新的战略前沿。
我们正在经历自1945年以来最重大的 世界权力重组
而对所有国家来说，地缘优势显然集 中在北极地区。
新的多极世界秩序正在形成，与之相 伴的是一个新的金融体系正在
建立。
在这个新的世界秩序中，能源、粮食 和金属将成为新的储备资产。
每个主要参与者都在构建既能独立 运作
又能在国际上运作的金融体系。
在美国，有Hedera的数字哈希图账本 系统，由包括
Google、IBM、波音、LG和FedEx在内的机构 治理。
Hedera并不是美元的替代品。
它是对美元体系的一次更快、可编程 性更强的升级，能够与
像 USDC 这样的稳定币协同运作。
在中国，有 CIPS，跨境银行间支付系统，于 2015 年推出，
作为 SWIFT 的替代方案。
但与只负责信息传递的 SWIFT 不同，CIPS 负责实际的清算和结算。
还有数字人民币，目前已经开立了 22.5 亿个钱包，远远
超过了中国的总人口。
还有 mBridge，这是中国最雄心勃勃的项目，一个由
中国与香港、泰国和阿联酋共同开发 的多央行数字货币平台，可在数字货币之间直接结算。
在俄罗斯，有数字卢布和 Mir 卡支付系统，已经发行了
将近五亿张卡，处理了三分之二的国 内交易。
SPFS，金融信息传输系统，是俄罗斯的 SWIFT 替代方案，现在已
连接了20个国家的557家金融机构。
在这个多极世界秩序中，正在形成四 大阵营。
美洲阵营，打算囊括整个北美、拉丁 美洲和格陵兰。
中东目前正是各方争夺的焦点。
俄罗斯阵营打算纳入其大部分前苏 联国家，以及部分
非洲和巴尔干地区。
中国阵营打算纳入南亚和东南亚，以 及部分非洲地区。
而欧洲阵营打算纳入欧盟核心国家 及其周边外围地区。
看似一连串彼此无关的事件，更有可 能是对…的可控拆解
单极世界秩序以及新多极世界秩序 诞生的阵痛。
通过各国央行和私人智库机构这条 管道，所有道路
最终都通向瑞士巴塞尔的国际清算 银行。
格雷格·里斯报道。
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Original transcript (English)
The United Nations emblem uses a projection map which is centered on the North Pole. This projection was chosen in 1945 when the UN was founded and the Arctic was strategically irrelevant. Today, it has become the world's most contested zone. The center of the UN's map is precisely the terrain that every major power is now
scrambling for. The Russian narrative is that a coming pole shift will thaw parts of Siberia and the Arctic coastline, of which Russia controls approximately 53%. The Northern Sea Route, the NSR, saves 15 days of travel compared to the Suez Canal route.
Russia has already invested over $35 billion developing this area for a future Arctic civilization. The narrative in the United States, which has a limited Arctic footprint compared to Russia, has been more desperate. Its story began as man-made global warming, now simplified to climate change. The US is hurrying to meet a 2030 deadline and is looking to acquire Canada and Greenland,
which would give it the ability to dominate the Northwest Passage, the alternative Arctic trade route to Russia's NSR. The European Union has expanded NATO to include Arctic states Sweden and Finland. In January 2025, the EU established the European Polar Coordination Office, EPCO, in Sweden's Arctic region.
China's Arctic engagement can be found in their Polar Silk Road, an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative in polar waters. China has declared itself a Near Arctic State and has been investing in Russia's Arctic projects in exchange for access. In 2025, it has completed a record number of container voyages through Russia's NSR
and designates the Arctic as a strategic new frontier. We are living through the most consequential reorganization of world power since 1945, and the geological advantage for all nations is clearly centered in the Arctic region. The new multipolar world order is forming and with it a new financial system is being built.
A new world order in which energy, food and metals become the new reserve assets. Each of the major players is constructing financial systems designed to function independently as well as internationally. In the USA, there is Hedera's digital hashgraph, which is governed by institutions including Google, IBM, Boeing, LG and FedEx.
Hedera is not a replacement for the dollar. It is a faster, more programmable upgrade of the US dollar system that works along with stable coins such as USDC. In China, there is CIPS, Cross Border Interbank Payment System, which was launched in 2015 as a SWIFT alternative.
But unlike SWIFT, which only handles messaging, CIPS handles actual clearing and settlement. There is also the digital yuan, which has already reached 2.25 billion wallets, more than China's entire population. And there is EMBRIDGE, China's most ambitious project, a multi-CBDC platform developed with Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE, allowing direct settlement between digital currencies.
In Russia, there is the digital ruble and the Mir card payment system, which has issued nearly half a billion cards and processes two-thirds of all domestic transactions. SPFS, System for Transfer of Financial Messages, is Russia's SWIFT alternative and is now connected to 557 financial institutions in 20 countries. There are four emerging blocks in this multipolar world order.
The American block, which is looking to include all of North America, Latin America and Greenland. The Middle East is being fought for right now. The Russian block is looking to include much of its former Soviet states, as well as parts of Africa and the Balkans. The Chinese block is looking to include South and Southeast Asia, as well as parts of Africa.
And the European block is looking to include the core EU and its surrounding periphery. What appears to be a series of unrelated events is more likely the controlled demolition of the unipolar world order and the birth pangs of the new multipolar world order. And through a pipeline of central banks and private think tank institutions, all roads lead to the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.
Greg Ries reporting. The Ries report is now fully funded by my Substack subscribers. Subscribe today and support my work at gregries.substack.com.
