Tunnel construction under the Bering Strait: a new super goal for the Russian policy in APR?

... and its role is constantly growing. This explains the relevance of the infrastructure mega-projects aimed at bringing long-term economic effects and designed with a strategic horizon. One of such projects is the construction of the tunnel under the Bering Strait with relevant transport infrastructure. Attempts to start this project have been undertaken during a long time, but the current situation is mature enough to finally launch it. In 2012 Russia will host the APEC summit. This is a large-scale event and a certain super-goal must be put on the agenda. This article makes an attempt to define in simplistic terms whether “the Bering project” can become if not the central, but at least, one of such ...