MEDIA NEWS, ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS

📄  InterBering Library – Media News, Articles, Studies & Historical Publications (1906–2025)

A chronological collection of international publications about the Bering Strait Tunnel, Alaska–Canada railway, and transcontinental infrastructure initiatives linking China, Russia, and the United States.

2025

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  Bering Strait Tunnel Border and Customs Regime: Climate, Infrastructure, and Organization of Intercontinental Cooperation
  By Fyodor Soloview, President, InterBering LLC — Anchorage, November 2, 2025.
  Analytical policy paper outlining a proposed tri–national system of border and customs control for the future Bering Strait Tunnel, linking China, Russia, and the United States. The study discusses legal, climatic, and infrastructural aspects of establishing juxtaposed preclearance depots in Harbin (China) and Anchorage / Port MacKenzie (Alaska), modeled after the Channel Tunnel’s international regime between France and the UK. Source: InterBering LLC, 2025.

  Editor’s Note: This publication reflects the independent analytical position of InterBering LLC and its founder Fyodor Soloview. It does not represent an official policy document or intergovernmental agreement but serves as a conceptual framework for discussion of future Eurasia–America transport cooperation.
  
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  Here's Why Plans for a Tunnel Between Russia and Alaska Are Insane
  By Andrei Malgin, The Moscow Times, October 24, 2025.
  Opinion piece questioning the practicality and cost of the revived Bering Strait Tunnel proposal.
• Some Ideas Never Die as Talk of a Bering Strait Tunnel Returns
  By Cary O'Reilly, Arctic Today, October 21, 2025.
  Report describing renewed public and diplomatic attention toward the tunnel as a long-term Arctic transport vision.
• What Will the Construction of a Tunnel Through the Bering Strait Change? Analysis
  By Andrey Kuzmak, Izvestia, October 18, 2025.
  Analytical overview highlighting strategic, economic, and logistical implications of a Russia-to-U.S. connection.
• Kremlin Envoy Proposes 'Putin–Trump Tunnel' to Link Russia and the United States
  By Andrew Osborn, Reuters, October 17, 2025.
  News article reporting Kirill Dmitriev's proposal for a symbolic tunnel under the Bering Strait connecting the two nations.
• Russian Special Envoy Proposes 'Putin–Trump' Rail Tunnel Under Bering Strait
  Published by Kyiv Post, October 17, 2025.
  Coverage of Kirill Dmitriev's comments that a $8 billion link could unite Russia and the U.S. economically and politically.
• Bering Strait Tunnel Briefs by the International Schiller Institute
  Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), August 22, 2025.
  Collection of policy briefs promoting the tunnel as a peace infrastructure initiative linking Eurasia and North America.
• Proposal for a Bering Strait Peace Tunnel
  Universal Peace Federation, August 11, 2025.
  International appeal advocating the project as a global peace corridor connecting nations through cooperative development.
• Assorted Articles Related to the Bering Strait Project by the International Schiller Institute
  Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), 2007 – 2025.
  Comprehensive anthology of EIR publications supporting the concept of a Bering Strait crossing since 2007.

2023

• UPF–Russia Webinar Introduces IAAP
  By UPF–Russia, January 19, 2023.
  Report on the Moscow webinar inaugurating the International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP) within the Universal Peace Federation, highlighting Russia’s academic and scientific contributions, and emphasizing support for the Bering Strait Tunnel as part of a global Peace Road initiative.

2021

• Is A2A Staying on Track? Alaska–to–Alberta Railway Considers Refinancing to Steam Ahead
  By Vanessa Orr, Alaska Business Magazine, July 31, 2021.
  Review of A2A Rail's financial plans and its potential link to future Bering Strait rail corridors.
• The US–Russia Bering Strait Rail Tunnel Project
  By Matthew Ehret-Kump, Global Research / Covert Geopolitics, July 6, 2021.
  Historical and technical overview of the tunnel proposal as a pivot for Eurasian-American cooperation.
• 'Boondoggle': Financial Woes May Jeopardize Proposed Alaska–Canada Railroad Project
  By Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks, July 14, 2021.
  Local report on funding issues surrounding the A2A Railway linking Alaska and Canada.
• 'Give Me a Break': Bridging Finance, Sean McCoshen Sued Over Alberta–Alaska Rail Plan
  By David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg, July 5, 2021.
  Business coverage of legal disputes impacting the A2A Rail initiative and its cross-border ambitions.
• Alaska Railway Championed by Trump Hits Debt Wall, May Be Sold
  By Paula Sambo, Bloomberg, June 24, 2021.
  Report on financial troubles facing the A2A Railway Development Corporation and future ownership options.
• Bridging Finance's Missing Man: Who Is Sean McCoshen, the Dealmaker Tied Up in the Private Lender's Fall?
  By Joe Castaldo et al., The Globe and Mail, June 19, 2021.
  Investigative profile of Sean McCoshen and financial ties to the A2A rail project.
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  Alaska–Alberta Railroad Dream Looks More and More Like a Great Train Wreck
  By Dermot Cole, Reporting from Alaska, June 18, 2021.
  Opinion commentary on the decline of the A2A rail plan amid funding and leadership problems.
• An Underwater Railway Line from the USA to China: A Dream Project?
  RailFreight.com, June 18, 2021.
  Overview of concepts linking North America and Asia via the Bering Strait as a potential freight corridor.
• Will the Arctic Become a Frontier of War or a Domain for Cooperation? What Must Be Discussed at a US–Russia Summit
  By Matthew Ehret and Edward Lozansky, Antiwar.com, May 20, 2021.
  Discussion of how joint Arctic infrastructure projects could serve as a path toward U.S.-Russia cooperation.
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  Canadian Backer of Alberta–to–Alaska Railroad Denies Taking Kickbacks from Railroad Promoter
  By Dermot Cole, Reporting from Alaska, May 13, 2021.
  Investigative report exposing financial misconduct allegations surrounding Bridging Finance executives and A2A Rail co-founders Sean McCoshen and David Sharpe, casting doubt on the project’s credibility.

2020

• The Alaska–to–Alberta Railway: The Year We Walk Through the Door to the World Land-Bridge — or the Lost Chance of 2020?
  By Robert Hux and Marcia Merry Baker, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), October 30, 2020.
  Analytical essay on continental rail integration linking Eurasia and North America via the A2A and Bering projects.
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  Bering Strait Tunnel: Pipe Dream or Game-Changer for US–Russia–China Ties?
  By Ed Peters, South China Morning Post, October 4, 2020.
  Feature examining new momentum for a trans-Bering connection after approval of the US–Canada rail link.
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  Presidential Permit for Alaska-Alberta Railway
  By Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, September 28, 2020.
  Official White House document authorizing the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation (A2A Rail) to construct, connect, and operate cross–border railway facilities between Alaska and Canada. Issued under the Infrastructure & Technology directive.

  Editor’s Note: This Presidential Permit is no longer in effect. It was formally revoked at the end of 2021 following the bankruptcy of A2A Rail, whose CEO, Sean McCoshen, was accused of serious financial mismanagement and misuse of investor funds. The corporation’s collapse brought the Alaska–to–Alberta railway initiative to a halt, rendering the permit void and the project inactive. The current list of active and historical Presidential Permits for border crossings can be verified on the U.S. Department of State’s website (official link).

2019

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  In Memoriam: Hal B.H. Cooper Jr. (1940–2019) — The Practical Visionary
  By Marcia Merry Baker and David Christie, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), December 13, 2019.
  Tribute to Dr. Hal Cooper, whose engineering studies helped define the modern Bering Strait Tunnel concept.
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  Commentary: Is the Alaska Railroad on Track to the “Lower 48”?
  By Darren Prokop, FreightWaves, November 9, 2019.
  Expert analysis of how Alaska's rail system could integrate with continental networks and the Bering vision.
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  Alaska Railroad Signs Initial Deal for Link to Canada and Lower 48
  By James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, June 27, 2019.
  Report on the A2A Rail agreement to extend Alaska Railroad toward Canada and future continental connections.
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  Update on Alberta–to–Alaska Railway Project
  Mead Treadwell, former Lt. Governor of Alaska. World Trade Center Anchorage briefing, April 17, 2019.
  Presentation highlighting A2A Rail plans to link North American and Asian markets via Alaska.
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  Governor Asks Trump for Permit Needed to Connect Alaska Railroad to Canada and the Lower 48
  By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, April 1, 2019.
  News on Alaska's official request for a presidential permit for cross-border rail expansion.
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  “Big Ticket”: Is Alberta–to–Alaska Railway Port Mac’s Sugar Savior?
  By Dennis Anderson, Anchorage Press, January 3, 2019.
  Local feature examining the economic prospects of the Alberta–to–Alaska (A2A) Railway proposal and its potential to transform Port MacKenzie into a major logistics hub connecting Alaska with Canada’s northern energy corridor.
  
  The article follows Sean McCoshen, founder and chief executive of A2A Railway and The Usand Group, who told the Mat–Su Borough Assembly: “I have $125 million to spend on this project.” McCoshen outlined plans to complete the 32–mile Port MacKenzie rail extension as the first step toward a 1,500–mile transnational rail corridor linking northern Alberta to Alaska’s deep–water ports. He described A2A’s vision of an Indigenous–owned and operated railway that would carry bitumen, oil, and freight in solid form directly to Port MacKenzie for export, at an estimated capital cost of $15 billion—roughly half the competing proposal’s estimate via Valdez.
  
  The piece contrasts A2A Railway with rival G7G Railway Corp., reviews earlier feasibility studies by AECOM and the Van Horne Institute, and recounts McCoshen’s remarks to borough officials about his personal investment of $20 million and his intent to finance the Port MacKenzie spur privately if public funds were unavailable. He emphasized long–term economic benefits, First Nations partnerships, and a 99–year operating lease model to manage the port under a revenue–sharing agreement with the Borough.
  
  Observers noted that McCoshen’s presence and direct financial commitment gave the A2A concept new credibility. The article concludes that, if realized, the Alberta–to–Alaska Railway could finally deliver on decades of vision to connect North America’s Arctic and Pacific gateways through Alaska.

2018

• Denver, Center of the Cosmopolitan Railway
  By Carl Abbott, CityLab, April 3, 2018.
  Exploration of Denver's role in transcontinental rail visions linking to projects like the Bering corridor.
• U.S. and Russian Representatives Jointly Make Bering Strait Navigation Initiative at Arctic Council Meeting
  Xinhua, March 24, 2018.
  News coverage of early cooperative efforts on Arctic maritime and tunnel-related initiatives.

2017

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  Rival Oil–by–Rail Plan Has Fort Nelson First Nation Support
  By Nelson Bennett, Business in Vancouver, December 8, 2017.
  Report comparing two competing Alberta–to–Alaska oil transport proposals.
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  China Says Trump Open to Cooperating on Silk Road Projects
  Bloomberg, June 25, 2017.
  Political article suggesting U.S. openness to Belt and Road and potential Arctic cooperation.
• Frank Murkowski, Former U.S. Senator and Alaska Governor, on the Canada–Alaska Rail Link Opportunity
  By Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, April 2, 2017.
  Discussion of renewed state-level interest in extending Alaska's rail southward.
• Special Coverage: Linking Up with the Alaska Railroad
  By Chris Dupin, American Shipper, March 27, 2017.
  Feature describing logistics, trade, and port development aspects of Alaska rail expansion.
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  Siberia in the 21st Century: Problems and Prospects of Development
  Extract from the scientific report “Siberia and the Far East in XXI Century: Problems and Perspectives of Development.”
  By Fyodor G. Soloview, Founder / President of InterBering, LLC. January 22, 2017.
  Strategic Research Fund “Siberian Club,” Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, SibFU, 2017).
  In this paper, Fyodo G. Soloview presents a strategic vision for the economic development of Siberia and the Russian Far East in the context of global trade integration. He argues that the transformation of this vast territory—located between Europe, Asia, and North America—would have an inevitable and far-reaching impact on the entire world economy. The study highlights Siberia’s unique geographic and geopolitical position as the only region capable of uniting three continents through continuous rail and energy infrastructure.
  
  Soloview identifies the Bering Strait Tunnel as the central element of a future intercontinental transport corridor linking Russia and the United States. He emphasizes that the creation of such a corridor would convert Russia into a natural “supervisor” of international trade flows, integrating Europe, China, Japan, Korea, and North America through overland logistics rather than sea routes. In this scenario, the Russian Federation would assume a pivotal role similar to that of the Mediterranean region in ancient times—a geographic bridge enabling global commerce and cultural exchange.
  
  The author further argues that constructing a railway between Russia and the United States is not merely desirable but economically imperative. He notes that if such a corridor had existed in the 1930s, it might have altered the course of world history by allowing faster logistical cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Presently, the absence of such infrastructure contributes to trade imbalances: Russia’s trade with Europe remains over 30 times higher than with the United States, largely due to efficient Eurasian rail networks that the U.S. lacks toward the east.
  
  Soloview also observes that political tensions and sanctions continue to hinder a more balanced trade relationship between Russia and Western economies. He proposes that a low-cost rail connection across the Bering Strait could help shift these dynamics, promoting economic cooperation over confrontation. The project would encourage the construction of new power stations, electrified tracks, and dual-national customs depots, all designed for high-capacity freight and passenger inspection. Such facilities, he suggests, could be located near Port McKenzie in Alaska and on the Russian side near Nizhny Bestyakh, at the terminus of the existing Siberian Railway.
  
  Soloview estimates the total cost of constructing the Bering Strait tunnel and connecting railways at $135–$150 billion (USD), to be financed through both private and public investment, coordinated by InterBering, Inc., the Alaskan corporation he founded in 2010. He envisions support from Russia, the United States, Canada, and major investors in China, Japan, South Korea, and Europe. The project could be completed within 15–20 years, with several segments built concurrently on both continents.
  
  The study includes reference to a related technical paper by Thomas Scholler, Project Manager of the Energy Department at Swiss Rail (SBB AG), on the electrical power supply of the Bering Strait Tunnel (2015 link). Soloview details how the excavated basalt and gravel—some 50 million cubic meters—could be reused to build the subgrade for over 7,800 km of railway, reducing material costs and environmental impact.
  
  The author concludes that the realization of a continuous rail connection from North America to Eurasia would redefine global logistics by drastically reducing shipping distances and costs. He foresees that the construction and operation of the Bering Strait Tunnel will not only revolutionize freight transport but also elevate Russia’s and Alaska’s roles in world trade to a historically unprecedented level.

2016

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  Russia Suggests to US and Europe to Use Transport Corridor via Her Territory
  News release by InterBering, LLC, Anchorage, Alaska. PRWeb, October 26, 2016.
  Press statement by InterBering founder Fyodor Soloview highlighting Russian government feasibility studies on the proposed Bering Strait rail link, citing comments by Presidential Aide Igor Levitin on foreign investment participation.
• After Silk Road, World Land Bridge? “Siberia Can Be Connected with Alaska if an Undersea Tunnel Is Built Across the Bering Strait.”
  Interview with Helga Zepp–LaRouche, Co-founder of the Schiller Institute. By Atul Aneja, The Hindu International, September 22, 2016.
  Conversation highlighting global infrastructure cooperation, emphasizing the Bering Strait Tunnel as a critical link between Asia and North America within a “World Land Bridge” concept.
• Russia Considers Pioneering $200 Billion Airship Scheme
  By Maria Evdokimova, The Moscow Times, August 12, 2016.
  Report on Russia’s proposed “United Eurasia” airship network—a $200 billion initiative to link Europe with the Pacific and complement overland megaprojects such as the Bering Strait transport corridor.
• Concept Study on the Electric Power Supply of the Bering Strait Tunnel
  By Thomas Scholler, Project Manager, Energy Department of Swiss Rail (SBB AG), April 12, 2016.
  Technical feasibility report analyzing how power systems could support continuous high-speed rail operation through the future Bering Strait Tunnel.

2015

• The Bering Strait: Choke Point of the Future?
  By Louis P. Bergeron, SLD Info, November 19, 2015.
  Analytical commentary discussing the Bering Strait’s potential role as a strategic global trade corridor and a key maritime and rail junction of the future.
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  Book Excerpt: Donald Trump’s “Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again”
  By ABC News, November 3, 2015.
  Excerpt from Trump’s campaign-era book reflecting his infrastructure vision and policy tone during early U.S. high-speed rail and Arctic corridor debates.
• Chinese Bullet Train to Come to the American Southwest
  By Irwin Dawid, Planetizen, September 20, 2015.
  Report on Chinese investment interest in U.S. high-speed rail projects, providing context for future trans-Pacific rail link discussions.
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  A Superhighway Across the Bering Strait
  By Adrian Shirk, The Atlantic, July 1, 2015.
  Popular-science feature imagining a continuous overland route from New York to Paris through a Bering Strait tunnel, highlighting global transport possibilities.
• Moving Canadian Products to China – by Railway
  By Gerald Pilger, Country Guide, April 17, 2015.
  Discussion of Canadian export logistics and the long-term potential of rail links extending toward Alaska and Asia.
• Plans for Superhighway Linking Britain and America
  By Oliver Smith, The Telegraph (Travel), March 25, 2015.
  International media coverage of Russian proposals for a transcontinental superhighway stretching from London to New York via the Bering Strait.
• System Analysis of Transportation Alternatives for Supporting the Mining Operations of the Russian Arctic Shelf
  By O. A. Dyomina, Ye. B. Kibalov, and A. B. Khutoretskii, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2014. (PDF)
  Russian technical study evaluating logistics systems and transport corridors critical for Arctic industrial and mineral development.
• China Focus: Full Speed Ahead for High-Speed Rail Expansion
  By English Nes, Xinhua, January 15, 2015.
  Overview of China’s national high-speed rail expansion, demonstrating technological capacity relevant to Eurasia–America rail proposals.

2014

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  The Coming Era of Mega Systems, Part 1 – Transportation
  By Thomas Frey | Dec 16, 2014 | Futurist Thomas Frey Website
  In this visionary essay, futurist Thomas Frey explores humanity’s growing need for integrated, planet-wide transportation systems. He begins by posing two striking questions: Which nation is the United States’ third-closest neighbor (answer: Russia, just 2.4 miles across the Bering Strait), and why can’t one yet drive from North to South America (answer: the 60-mile Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia).
  
  Frey argues that the Bering Strait and Darien Gap remain critical “disconnects” in an otherwise globalizing network of mobility, and that both will inevitably require major engineering solutions—bridges, tunnels, or vacuum-tube systems—to unite continents by land. He reviews a long history of Bering Strait proposals, from Joseph Strauss’s 1892 railroad bridge concept to Russia’s 2008 tunnel plan and China’s 2014 idea for a bullet-train corridor linking Beijing and New York via Alaska. Though none have yet been built, Frey notes that such projects are technologically feasible and increasingly necessary.
  
  He highlights the engineering advantages of the Bering Strait—a relatively shallow depth of less than 200 feet and mild currents—but points to political, financial, and logistical challenges, such as track-gauge differences between U.S. and Russian rail systems. Frey also examines the Pan-American Highway’s incomplete 30,000-mile route, blocked by the Darien Gap’s swamps and rainforests, and warns that both natural and social concerns (from indigenous rights to disease control) complicate any effort to close that link.
  
  Extending the discussion globally, Frey surveys other proposed megasystems: the Gibraltar Tunnel between Africa and Europe, the Korea-Japan Friendship Tunnel, the Sakhalin-Hokkaido link, and even the audacious 3,100-mile Transatlantic Tunnel. These examples, he suggests, demonstrate the inevitable march toward a connected world. 
  
  Frey concludes that the coming century will be defined by such mega-projects, driven by automation, global trade, and the human impulse for connection. The real question, he writes, is not whether these transcontinental links will be built, but when.
• On the Fast Track: The California High-Speed Rail Authority Plans Line from San Francisco to Los Angeles by 2029
  By Christofer James Palafox, American Builders Quarterly, October 1, 2014.
  Case study on California’s state high-speed rail program, one of America’s major infrastructure projects paralleling Eurasian megaproject ambitions.
• China High-Speed Rail: Girdling the Globe with a Tramway of Iron
  By William Jones, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), May 23, 2014.
  Analysis of China’s global high-speed rail strategy and its connection to the vision of intercontinental rail corridors through the Bering Strait.
• China Eyes Constructing Railway Under the Bering Strait
  By Tom Arnstein, The Beijinger, May 10, 2014.
  Chinese-language media coverage exploring engineering plans for a future cross-Strait tunnel and its implications for Eurasian trade.
• China Considers Building High-Speed Rail Line from Beijing to the United States
  By South China Morning Post, May 9, 2014.
  Announcement of Chinese feasibility studies on an ultra-long high-speed rail line from Beijing to the U.S., including a tunnel under the Bering Strait.
• Chinese Experts ‘in Discussions’ over Building High-Speed Beijing–U.S. Railway
  By Jonathan Kaiman, The Guardian, May 8, 2014.
  Report detailing preliminary dialogues among Chinese engineers and policymakers on a rail link from Beijing to Alaska through the Bering region.
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  Russia as a Configurator of a World Railway System in the XXI Century
  By Boris Binkin, Sergey Bykadorov, and Yevgeny Kibalov. Prepared in 2014.
  This research paper examines Russia’s prospective role as a key integrator and organizer of the global railway network in the twenty‑first century. The authors apply a systems analysis and game theory approach to assess how Russia can cooperate with Western powers – especially the United States – to build a fair and efficient world transport market. The analysis explores potential outcomes of large‑scale railway megaprojects and their interrelations within a single global transport framework.
  
  The study begins by defining a “standard situation” – a reference scenario in which all proposed Large‑Scale Projects (LSPs) are completed within twenty‑five years. This model allows the authors to evaluate the structural and geopolitical effects of an integrated Eurasian‑American railway system. The so‑called “whales” supporting this scenario are eight strategic rail projects, each at different stages of realization, ranging from planning to reconstruction. These include:
  
  1. The Severosib‑Barentskomur corridor connecting Pacific ports to the Barents Sea.
  2. The Continent‑Sakhalin+ project, linking Japan and South Korea via tunnels under the La Perouse and Nevelsky Straits.
  3. The Transcontinental Mainline through the Bering Strait, a truly intercontinental corridor uniting Russian and North American rail networks.
  4. The Subpolar Mainline (Salekhard‑Uelen), originally a GULAG project halted in 1953, now partly revived as the “Northern Latitudinal Line.”
  5. The Trans‑Korean Railway, a joint Russian‑DPRK effort to restore the Rajin‑Khasan link and open future freight flows from Busan to Europe.
  6. The Ural Industrial – Ural Polar project, forming an integrated industrial and infrastructure corridor across the Polar Ural region.
  7. The Trans‑Siberian Railway Modernization, enhancing capacity for Eurasian freight and passenger transport.
  8. The Baikal‑Amur Mainline Modernization, strengthening its role as a twin backbone of the Trans‑Siberian system.
  
  Using expert assessments from specialists of the Siberian State Transport University and the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering (Russian Academy of Sciences), the authors classified the projects into three major clusters, or “megaprojects.” These clusters represent natural coalitions of railway development that interact strongly with one another both economically and geographically. The Bering Strait project is identified as the central intercontinental element, capable of transforming Eurasia–America transport relations.
  
  The paper emphasizes that Russia’s full participation in these railway systems could reposition it from a peripheral transit territory to a core configurator of the global logistics structure. Such development would allow Russia to bridge the existing gap between maritime and land transport, connecting four continents into one continuous network. Yet, the authors acknowledge the geopolitical challenges: many of these projects traverse or affect territories of neighboring and competing countries. As a result, Russia’s strategy must balance cooperation and competition through what the authors call a “strategic game” of mutual interests.
  
  The study concludes that large‑scale railway integration offers not only commercial potential, but also global political and ecological implications. If realized cooperatively, these projects could mark a new phase of balanced world development – with Russia acting as the principal configurator of the world’s overland transport system.

2013

• The Pacific Development Corridor: Maglev Across the Bering Strait
  By Benjamin Deniston, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), September 13, 2013.
  Visionary proposal outlining a magnetic-levitation system uniting continents through the Bering Strait within a Pacific development corridor.
• Russian Far East Railway Project May Extend to Hokkaido
  By Daisuke Nishimura, Asahi Shimbun, June 4, 2013.
  News from Japan and Russia on planned Sakhalin–Hokkaido connections, complementing broader Asian rail integration efforts.

2012

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  Modern Railway Project Could Serve the Northern Peoples as Well as Solve Canada's Oil Export Problems
  By Alf Nunweiler, December 15, 2012.
  Article outlining the G7G consortium's plan to transport Alberta oil to Alaska by rail, bypassing the Rockies and offering broad social and economic benefits for northern communities.
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  A Railway from Canada to Alaska: Ready to Be Built in Six Years
  By Fyodor Soloview, October 25, 2012.
  Overview of early G7G Ltd.’s initiative to connect Alberta and Alaska by rail, emphasizing near-term feasibility and financing needs for the project's launch.
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  Connecting America and Russia by Railway Tunnel
  News broadcast by Ukrainian television channel INTER, September 23, 2012.
  Reporter: Maksym Drabok; Camera: Mykyta Isayko.
  TV segment featuring an interview with Bruce E. Carr, Director of Strategic Planning at the Alaska Railroad Corporation, discussing the long-envisioned Bering Strait rail tunnel as one of the world’s last great infrastructure projects linking Eurasia and North America.
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  Letter of Support from Governor Sean Parnell on the G7G Alaska–Canada Railway Proposal
  By Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska, July 12, 2012.
  Official correspondence endorsing G7G's proposed railway linking Alberta oil sands with Alaska's pipeline and rail network near Delta Junction.
• Canadian Government Overhauling Environmental Rules to Aid Oil Extraction
  By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, June 3, 2012.
  Report on Canada’s environmental deregulation efforts intended to accelerate energy and infrastructure projects, indirectly affecting northern rail initiatives.
• High-Speed Rail Link between Moscow and St. Petersburg Could Cost Budget $35 Billion
  By The Moscow Times, May 18, 2012.
  Article detailing Russian Railways’ projected budget for a key domestic corridor viewed as a test case for trans-Eurasian expansion.
• Join Russia and USA by Rail Tunnels under the Bering Strait?
  By James Brooke, Voice of America, April 28, 2012.
  VOA coverage of renewed dialogue between Russian and U.S. officials regarding feasibility of a Bering Strait rail tunnel connection.
• Bering Strait Tunnel Talks Heat Up Again
  Our Ukraine / Russia, April 16, 2012.
  Multimedia feature including maps and videos summarizing public and political momentum for cross-Strait rail projects in 2012.
• Russian Railways Chief Vladimir Yakunin Believes Tunnel Can Be Built under Bering Strait
  By Kyiv Post / Interfax-Ukraine, April 9, 2012.
  Statement by Russian Railways president expressing confidence in the technical feasibility and strategic value of a trans-Bering tunnel.
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  Bering Strait Tunnel Project Gets Promotional Website
  By Alaska Dispatch, March 29, 2012.
  Announcement of InterBering.com launch to raise international awareness and attract private investment for the tunnel project.
• Connecting Two Continents: The Ultimate Engineering Challenge
  By Tom Ricci, published by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), January 13, 2012.
  In-depth engineering analysis of proposed bridge and tunnel concepts for crossing the Bering Strait—examining climatic, seismic, and structural challenges that make the project one of the most demanding feats in modern civil engineering.

2011

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  Our Present — Our Future: Northwest Alaska — Prosperity Opportunity
  By Norman Stadem, M.A. Economics. Formerly Resource Conservation and Development Coordinator, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service. © Norman Stadem, December 2011.
  This research paper examines the persistent high cost of living in Alaska’s off‑road villages and proposes transportation-based solutions to improve regional economic efficiency. Stadem evaluates earlier canal and haul-road proposals along the Yukon-Kuskokwim corridor and concludes that only a multimodal rail system connecting Alaska to global networks can meaningfully reduce freight costs. He situates this local challenge within a wider transformation of Arctic transport, noting Russia’s $100 billion initiative to begin construction of the Bering Strait Railroad tunnel in 2011. Using the concept of an economic analog to the ancient Bering Land Bridge, Stadem argues that a trans-Bering rail link represents both a modern counterpart to prehistoric connectivity and a catalyst for Alaska’s long-term prosperity through integrated logistics, energy, and commerce.
• Riding High-Speed Rail to a U.S. Recovery
  By John Rosenthal, December 19, 2011.
  Opinion piece linking national rail revitalization to U.S. economic growth, paralleling Eurasian infrastructure ambitions.
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  Opening of the Railway Connecting Yakutia with the Main Russian Railways
  By Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia, November 15, 2011 — Nizhny Bestyakh.
  In Yakutia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took part in the official opening ceremony of the Berkakit–Tommot–Nizhny Bestyakh railway — the northernmost rail link in Russia’s network. The ceremony marked the completion of a project that began in the 1980s and overcame permafrost and severe Arctic conditions. In his address, President Medvedev congratulated the engineers and workers, noting that the line would soon extend across the Lena River to reach Yakutsk itself. The event symbolized Russia’s determination to integrate its Far Eastern regions into the national transport system and to promote development in the North.

  Editor’s Note: The Amur–Yakutsk Railway remains a key logistical corridor connecting Siberia with the Russian Far East. Its eventual extension across the Lena River toward Yakutsk is considered an essential component of future Eurasian rail routes linking to the proposed Bering Strait Tunnel.
  
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  Revitalizing the Real Estate Market and the Economy Might Help Fund Construction of the Railroad to Alaska
  By Fyodor Soloview, October 26, 2011.
  Commentary proposing real-estate stimulus and investment frameworks to support financing of trans-Alaska and intercontinental rail links.
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  Advancing the Bering Strait Tunnel Project in the United States and Canada
  By Mark P. Barry, Senior Fellow for Public Policy, Summit Council for World Peace, Washington, D.C. Published October 4, 2011.
  This policy paper outlines a phased strategy for developing the Bering Strait Tunnel project through an incremental North American approach. Barry argues that the Alaska–Canada Rail Link (ACRL), whose 2007 feasibility study demonstrated a strong business case, should serve as the first stage toward an eventual transcontinental rail connection linking Alaska and Russia. He examines the political, economic, and logistical challenges facing U.S. and Canadian adoption of the project—including shifting priorities toward Alberta’s oil expansion, lack of public rail funding, and limited awareness in Washington and Ottawa. The author proposes that early advocacy focus on Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia through an Anchorage project office dedicated to coalition building among business, Native corporations, and government agencies. Barry also discusses the possible role of Chinese investment, the importance of sustained Russian support, and the cultural significance of reconnecting Indigenous peoples across the Strait. The report situates the Bering Strait initiative within broader Arctic policy and U.S.–Russian cooperation frameworks, presenting it as a long‑term instrument of peace and global economic integration rather than merely an infrastructure venture.
• Robbins Double Shield Breaks Through at Russian Rail Tunnel
  OJSC Bamtonnelstroy, a division of SK Most Company, March 2011.
  Engineering bulletin announcing completion of a major Russian tunnel section, showcasing capabilities relevant to the Bering Strait concept.
• International Conference “Intercontinental Magistral Eurasia - America”, Yakutsk, Russia
  Held August 17-19, 2011, organized by the Council for the Study of Productive Forces (SOPS) with support from multiple Russian federal ministries.
  Conference established cooperation among government and investors for Russian Far East development and endorsed the Bering Strait Tunnel concept as a key Eurasia-America transport link.
• North Eurasian Infrastructure and the Bering Strait Crossing
  By Rachel Douglas, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), September 2, 2011.
  Report on the Yakutsk conference “Comprehensive Infrastructure Development in Northeast Russia” emphasizing optimism for Eurasia-America connectivity and revival of the Bering Strait Tunnel vision promoted by Lyndon LaRouche.
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  Aspects of Railroad Technology as Related to a Railroad from Asia to North America via a Tunnel under the Bering Strait
  Speech by Louis T. Cerny, International Railroad Consultant and former Executive Director of the American Railway Engineering Association.
  Technical paper presented at the August 17-19, 2011 Yakutsk conference, analyzing rail design, tunneling, and interoperability issues for a future transcontinental connection between Asia and North America.
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  Eurasia - North America Rail Link and Bering Strait Tunnel Project - Presentation by Viktor Razbegin
  Presented by Viktor Nikolaevich Razbegin, Deputy Head of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces, at the Yakutsk conference, August 17-19, 2011.
  Official Russian government presentation outlining institutional support and phased development strategies for the intercontinental Bering Strait Tunnel corridor.
• Return to London Please, via Moscow: Kremlin Paves Way for East-West Rail Link after ‘Approving’ $99 Billion Bering Strait Tunnel
  By Wil Longbottom, MailOnline / Daily Mail, August 22, 2011.
  News report outlining Russia’s plan to complete its rail expansion to Chukotka by 2030 and bore a 65-mile undersea tunnel connecting Siberia and Alaska as part of a global East-West corridor.
• Digging to America
  By Oleg Nikishenkov, The Moscow News, September 5, 2011.
  Article describes Russia’s initiative to extend the Trans-Siberian railway toward Chukotka and the Bering Strait by 2030, reviving a 19th-century idea for an intercontinental rail tunnel between Asia and North America.
• More Rumors about Elusive Bering Strait Tunnel: Will It Ever Happen?
  By Heather Exner-Pirot, Eye on the Arctic / Alaska Dispatch, September 5, 2011.
  Analytical piece discussing renewed talk of a Bering Strait tunnel amid receding Arctic ice, tracing the idea’s origins to Tsar Nicholas II and its revival under Vladimir Putin.
• Bering Strait Tunnel Would Link Russia and Alaska
  By B. McPherson, AllVoices, September 16, 2011.
  Coverage of the Yakutsk conference where Russian officials and engineers endorsed the 65-mile Bering Strait Tunnel linking Uelen, Chukotka, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska—a $1 billion-per-mile megaproject expected to connect the continents by rail.

2010

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  The Bridge Over the Bering Strait
  By James Cotter (Author). 282 pages. Publication date: December 19, 2010.
  In this imaginative and thought-provoking novel, James Cotter envisions a near-future world transformed by the construction of a transcontinental connection under the Bering Sea. Set in the year 2032, The Bridge Over the Bering Strait follows an international team of engineers—Ford and Darwi Walker, Sam Takahashi, and Janus Tokeluk—as they undertake one of the most ambitious engineering challenges in human history: tunneling beneath the icy depths of the Bering Strait to link the Americas with Asia.
  
  Cotter blends scientific plausibility with fast-paced drama, exploring not only the enormous geologic and climatic obstacles facing the builders but also the human costs of their undertaking. As the project progresses, political intrigue, personal conflict, and betrayal begin to threaten both the success of the mission and the stability of global relations. Marriages are tested, alliances fracture, and murder enters the story as competing national interests collide beneath the Arctic sky.
  
  The novel poses powerful questions about human ambition, technology, and the fragile balance between cooperation and rivalry among nations. Cotter asks whether such a bridge—linking the world’s greatest landmasses and civilizations—could truly unite humanity or instead accelerate its divisions. The answers unfold in a tense and unexpected conclusion that carries both emotional and geopolitical weight.
  
  Combining elements of speculative science, adventure, and psychological realism, The Bridge Over the Bering Strait offers a vivid exploration of how one great engineering dream could reshape the destiny of nations and test the moral limits of those who attempt to build it. Sci-Fi enthusiasts and readers of global thrillers alike will find in Cotter’s 2010 novel a gripping, cinematic narrative about vision, sacrifice, and the price of progress.
• Transport Tunnel through the Bering Strait to Link Continents — Video
  Interview by Samir Shakhbaz with Alexander Bgatov and Aslambek Aslakhanov, RIA Novosti, August 23, 2010.
  Russian television discussion covering technical and diplomatic prospects of a future intercontinental rail-tunnel system.
• G20 Seoul Summit 2010
  Seoul, South Korea, November 11–12, 2010.
  International summit noting global infrastructure collaboration agendas and energy corridor initiatives.
• Bering Strait Great Project on the Agenda This Year
  Statement by Russian officials and infrastructure advocates on intercontinental connectivity and the revival of the Bering Strait Tunnel concept.
  August 2010. Source: LaRouche PAC / Executive Intelligence Review.
  In August 2010, Russian Federation Council member Aslambek Aslakhanov announced in a live RIA Novosti interview that the Bering Strait Tunnel Project would be placed on the agenda of the November 2010 G20 Summit in South Korea. Aslakhanov, a long-time adviser to President Vladimir Putin, emphasized that the project had gained a favorable attitude within the Russian government and that the upcoming summit offered an opportunity for renewed international cooperation on this major transcontinental initiative. He noted that the tunnel would not only connect four continents but also stimulate the creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs, new towns, and industrial centers across Siberia and Alaska.
  
  Aslakhanov recalled that in 1997 the Russian government had held a special conference to pursue the Bering Strait Project, signing relevant agreements, but that subsequent political changes had delayed progress. He stated that the project was once again “back on the agenda,” stressing that what was now required was the “political will to translate the project into reality.” While some economists doubted its short-term profitability, he dismissed such criticisms as narrow-minded, arguing that they failed to consider the long-term industrial, regional, and geopolitical benefits. According to project estimates cited in the report, the tunnel could be built within 10–12 years and recover its costs within another 10–12 years of operation.
  
  The article also featured commentary by Lyndon LaRouche, who identified the Bering Strait link as a central element of a broader global infrastructure renaissance under the proposed North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA). LaRouche described the Bering Strait link as a “terraforming project” vital for solving ecological and economic crises through U.S.–Russian cooperation and the mobilization of engineering capabilities on a world scale.
  
  Geography expert Alexander Bgatov traced the project’s origins to early 20th‑century proposals interrupted by the Russo‑Japanese War and the 1917 Revolution. He explained that the idea had been revived in the 1990s by a consortium of specialists from the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom, who concluded that the crossing was both technologically and economically feasible. Bgatov described the modern plan as far exceeding the concept of a simple railroad tunnel, envisioning instead a comprehensive intercontinental corridor equipped with high-speed electric railways, an eight-lane highway, power lines, oil and gas pipelines, fiber-optic cables, and energy-transfer infrastructure.
  
  The greatest benefit, Bgatov said, would come not merely from the tunnel itself, but from the transformative development of the regions through which the line would pass. He compared its expected impact to that of the Trans‑Siberian Railway, which skeptics once claimed would never pay for itself—yet it did so in six years and permanently established Russia as a continental power. Likewise, he concluded, the Bering Strait Project’s regional, industrial, and geopolitical influence would be “enormous.”
• Russian Far East Regions Plan for Railroad to the Bering Strait
  January 2010.
  Report on coordinated planning among Far-Eastern regional governments to extend rail systems toward the Chukotka Peninsula.

2009

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  The Fast Track to a Better World
  By Craig E. Burroughs. Published by NICE, Inc., June 2009.
  In this landmark study, Craig E. Burroughs presents a comprehensive economic and engineering rationale for completing a modern, high‑capacity electrified railway across Alaska and Siberia, connected beneath the Bering Strait. He frames the proposal as the logical continuation of 19th‑century continental rail expansions, such as the completion of the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 and the Canadian Pacific line in 1885, both of which transformed national economies and settlement patterns. Burroughs argues that the next historic step for civilization is the interconnection of continents by rail, creating a continuous land route for trade, resource exchange, and sustainable development.
  
  The publication traces the uneven evolution of global rail systems and demonstrates how much of the world’s underdevelopment correlates with the absence of integrated rail infrastructure. Burroughs explains that linking North America and Eurasia would close the largest remaining gap in the global rail network, enabling rapid, low‑carbon transport between the world’s largest consumer markets and its greatest reserves of natural resources. He notes that the Bering Strait’s location along the great‑circle route between Chicago and Beijing makes it a natural and efficient crossing point. Electrified rail transport, he emphasizes, is by far the most energy‑efficient and environmentally sustainable mode for high‑volume freight and passenger movement across vast northern regions.
  
  Burroughs presents detailed cost projections for a standard‑gauge, double‑track, fully electrified system, estimating approximately $87 billion for full implementation, including twin rail tunnels beneath the Strait. His calculations envision the transport of millions of tons of freight annually, generating substantial economic activity and employment across the Arctic and subarctic zones. He also highlights the project’s potential to stimulate industrial growth in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia while strengthening global cooperation through shared infrastructure investment.
  
  Concluding with both historical symbolism and technical clarity, Burroughs compares the prospective completion of the Bering Strait link to the “Golden Spike” ceremony of 1869—a unifying achievement marking the dawn of a new economic era. He envisions that a future rail connection beneath the Arctic Ocean would stand as humanity’s definitive act of peaceful engineering cooperation, advancing prosperity and environmental responsibility on a planetary scale.
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  Alaska Needs Big, Bold Ideas Now
  Comment by Wally Hickel, Anchorage Daily News, May 4, 2009. Former Alaska governor Wally Hickel urged Alaskans to embrace visionary megaprojects such as an All-Alaska gas pipeline and a railroad around the world via the Bering Strait. Drawing on Alaska’s history of bold infrastructure — from the trans-Alaska pipeline to the Yukon railroad — Hickel argued that Alaska’s future prosperity depends on thinking big.
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  A Vision for High-Speed Rail in America
  Remarks by President Barack Obama, The White House, April 16, 2009. In announcing a new national strategy for modern rail infrastructure, President Obama called for an ambitious expansion of high-speed rail corridors across the United States. He described the initiative as essential to creating jobs, cutting emissions, and easing highway and airport congestion, citing successful models in France, Spain, China, and Japan. The plan proposed an initial $8 billion in Recovery Act funding and an additional $5 billion over five years to establish world-class rail systems in at least ten major U.S. regions.
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  Bering Strait Tunnel and Peace Park – International Design Competition
  Concept Project by architects: Natalia Volkova, Anton Kulakovsky, Boris Shatalov, Artem Elli, Yana Osadchaya, Natalia Butrimovich, Evgeny Kovalev, Anastasia Sharypova, and Anton Shatalov. Completed in 2009.
  This visionary architectural competition entry presents the Bering Strait not only as a site of global transportation engineering, but as a symbolic space of reconciliation and renewal. The concept joins two continents – North America and Eurasia – through an integrated system combining an intercontinental rail tunnel with a monumental “Peace Park.” The designers imagine the Bering Strait as a place where east and west meet in cooperation, where human creativity overcomes geographic and cultural divides, and where the forces of progress replace hostility and isolation with understanding.
  
  The project envisions a new phase of globalization defined not by competition, but by shared survival and creation. Its guiding principle is “to connect without destroying.” The tunnel and park are conceived as a single self‑sustaining organism – a living structure that harmonizes human activity with the Arctic environment. The team proposes to avoid direct construction on the fragile island terrain, preserving native ecosystems and respecting the region’s indigenous heritage. Instead, the Peace Park serves as a self‑contained architectural habitat that celebrates unity and sustainability.
  
  The proposal integrates environmental and energy efficiency at every level. It includes an enclosed atrium system forming a semi‑closed ecosystem – a “green oasis amid Arctic ice.” This artificial biome would process carbon dioxide, produce oxygen, recycle organic waste, and regulate temperature and air flow naturally. Energy would be generated primarily by wind turbines, making the entire complex nearly autonomous and carbon‑neutral. The architects describe the structure as a model for future human settlements in extreme climates: independent, ecological, and aesthetically symbolic of global peace.
  
  The “Bering Peace Park” thus transforms the world’s northernmost frontier into an emblem of intercontinental unity. By merging advanced engineering with humanistic design, it invites humanity to envision a civilization that bridges not only oceans and continents, but also cultures and generations – a permanent monument to connection, balance, and hope.
  
  This concept was developed and presented within the framework of the 2009 International Ideas Competition dedicated to creating a global architectural and symbolic link between continents through the Bering Strait.

2007

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  Bering Strait Tunnel, Alaska–Canada Rail Infrastructure Corridors Will Transform Economy
  By Richard Freeman and Dr. Hal Cooper. Published by Executive Intelligence Review, September 21, 2007.
  This comprehensive study outlines the economic, industrial, and engineering basis for constructing the Bering Strait rail and tunnel system and its 3,030‑mile Alaska–Canada rail corridor. Freeman and Cooper argue that the project would link the Americas with Eurasia through a high‑speed electrified and future maglev rail network, replacing outdated sea‑rail shipping routes. They detail the immense bill of materials required for construction—steel, cement, copper, aluminum, aggregates—and estimate that 35,000–50,000 direct jobs and hundreds of thousands of secondary jobs would be created. The article situates the project within a global vision of the World Land‑Bridge, advocating Hamiltonian credit mechanisms and international cooperation to achieve a new era of industrial and scientific development across the Arctic and sub‑Arctic regions.
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  The Worldwide Strategic Importance of the Intercontinental Rail Corridor Connections Between the Eurasian and North American Land‑Bridges
  By Dr. Hal Cooper, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Cooper Consulting Company, Kirkland, Washington. Presented at the Schiller Institute Conference, Kiedrich, Germany, September 15–16, 2007.
  Dr. Cooper’s paper provides a comprehensive technical and economic analysis of the proposed Alaska–Canada Railroad Connector and its extension through a future Bering Strait rail tunnel linking North America and Eurasia. The study, based on feasibility work conducted for the Canadian Arctic Railway Company, evaluates multiple route options from Fairbanks, Alaska to British Columbia and onward to the Lower 48 States, forming the core of an envisioned 12,500‑mile global rail network. Cooper identifies the integration of rail and natural gas pipeline infrastructure as a key economic advantage and outlines the benefits of electrification, freight intermodality, and energy co‑development. The plan foresees up to 300 million tons of annual freight traffic, 175,000–300,000 new jobs, and regional industrial growth across Alaska, the Yukon, and British Columbia. The presentation positions the Bering Strait rail tunnel as the pivotal link in a World Land‑Bridge connecting Asia, Europe, and the Americas through a unified high‑capacity, electrified transport corridor.
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  Eurasia–North America Multimodal Transport
  By Dr. Victor N. Razbegin. Presented at the Schiller Institute Conference, Kiedrich, Germany, September 15–16, 2007.
  Delivered by Rachel Douglas of Executive Intelligence Review on behalf of Dr. Razbegin, this presentation outlined the Intercontinental Link project to connect Eurasia and North America through a multimodal corridor including rail, power, telecommunications, and pipelines via a tunnel beneath the Bering Strait. Razbegin traced the project’s history from early 20th-century proposals to modern Russian transport strategy, citing official support by Russian federal ministries and President Vladimir Putin. He emphasized the corridor’s strategic significance for global trade, energy exchange, and international cooperation, describing it as a world-changing infrastructure project capable of linking four continents and uniting global economies.
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  Interview: Walter J. Hickel – “I Envision Construction of a Railroad Around the World”
  Conducted by Richard Freeman for Executive Intelligence Review, published August 31, 2007.
  In this in-depth interview, Alaska’s former Governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel articulates his enduring vision of global development founded on large-scale infrastructure, natural-resource stewardship, and cooperation between nations. Speaking at age 88, Hickel reflects on a lifetime of experience in resource management and recounts how Alaska’s economic independence grew from courageous decisions, such as insisting on full state ownership of its lands and pushing Atlantic Richfield to drill what became the historic Prudhoe Bay oil field in 1967. His core message connects these achievements to a larger civilizational goal: the creation of a continuous railway linking the continents through the Bering Strait.
  
  Hickel calls the proposed intercontinental railroad and tunnel project the key to unlocking the Arctic’s vast mineral and energy wealth while fostering peace through shared economic purpose. He argues that the construction of a railroad “around the world” would unite the industrial capacities of Asia, Europe, and North America with the untapped potential of the Arctic. His reasoning echoes the moral and economic optimism of the great public-works visionaries of the 19th and 20th centuries—that prosperity, not conflict, should define relations among nations. The interview also captures Hickel’s philosophy of the “commons,” asserting that the Earth’s resources, from oceans to outer space, belong to all humanity and must be managed for the maximum benefit of the people.
  
  More than a political dialogue, this conversation stands as Hickel’s testament to Alaska’s role as a bridge between hemispheres and as a model of responsible development. His declaration, “I envision the construction of a railroad around the world,” remains one of the most powerful endorsements ever given by an American statesman to the Bering Strait railway concept—a call for global cooperation through engineering, trade, and stewardship of the planet’s common wealth.
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  Walter J. Hickel (former Governor of Alaska): “I Envision Construction of a Railroad Around the World.”
  Interview by Richard Freeman, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), August 31, 2007.
  Landmark interview outlining Hickel’s global vision of a continuous intercontinental railway linking all nations through Alaska and the Bering Strait.
• Russian–American Team: World Needs Bering Strait Tunnel
  By Rachel Douglas, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), April 24 2007.
  Report on early cooperative engineering proposals uniting Russian and U.S. specialists.

2006

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  The Bering Strait Crossing: A 21^st Century Frontier Between East and West
  By James A. Oliver. Published October 30, 2006 (ISBN 978‑0954699567), 256 pages. Available via Amazon.com.
  Comprehensive book exploring the Bering Strait as a geopolitical and geographical crossroads—linking East and West through proposed tunnels, ferries, and overland routes bridging Asia and the Americas.

2005

• Peace Road Initiative
  By the Universal Peace Federation (UPF).
  Overview of UPF’s international Peace Road and World Peace Road Foundation projects, promoting a global network of intercontinental transport corridors. The specific idea of a Bering Strait Tunnel connecting Alaska and Siberia was first introduced within UPF’s program in 2005, as part of Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s vision of a “Peace Highway” linking the Americas with Eurasia.

1996

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  “The Isthmus, or Alaska Borders Russia”
  Science fiction story and screenplay by Fyodor Soloview. Registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, April 8, 1996.
  In this original science-fiction thriller, Fyodor Soloview imagines a daring geopolitical scenario set at the end of the Cold War. The story unfolds around the idea that, during the 1980s, the Soviet Army secretly developed a plan to raise an artificial land bridge between Alaska and Chukotka by using a sequence of massive underground but non-nuclear explosions designed to push up the seabed of the Bering Strait. The operation, known only to a small group of military engineers, would have created a new isthmus—but at a catastrophic cost: the resulting tsunami would devastate America’s Pacific Coast and Japan, clearing the way for Soviet tanks to roll across newly formed land and reclaim Alaska.
  
  The plot follows an American operative serving in a U.S. counterintelligence unit in the 1980s, assigned to track Soviet submarine activity near the Bering Strait. He became intrigued by one particular Soviet submarine that displayed an unusual, repetitive pattern of movement—advancing a short distance, then stopping, then moving forward again in perfect rhythm, from the Russian coast toward Alaska. No one at the time could explain this strange behavior. Decades later, as a new era of U.S.–Russian cooperation began and both countries prepared to carry out peaceful geological detonations to raise a symbolic Bering Isthmus, the same pattern of timed explosive placement appeared in the engineering data. The operative suddenly realized that the submarine’s pattern of movement decades earlier had likely been used to plant deep-sea explosive charges—and that those dormant devices might still be buried beneath the seabed, capable of detonating together with the new engineering blasts.
  
  When he began to share his discovery, he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Russian agents embedded within U.S. military intelligence who had intercepted his communications. Pursued and isolated, he embarked on a desperate mission to stop the impending disaster before both nations unknowingly triggered a catastrophic chain reaction.
  
  In a dramatic finale, a television crew’s observation balloon, damaged by gunfire during the chase, crash-lands onto the newly uplifted terrain formed by the initial minor detonations. The accidental impact disrupts the general’s detonation sequence, preventing a catastrophic explosion. The villain vanishes into the chaos, leaving behind a strange new geological formation—a dam-like land bridge between Russia and Alaska. This artificial isthmus becomes the symbolic and literal foundation for a future transport corridor linking the two nations, turning a weapon of destruction into a vision of unity.
  
  Soloview’s screenplay, blending Cold War intrigue, science fiction, and environmental suspense, presents an early literary treatment of the Bering Strait connection theme that would later become central to his research and publications on transcontinental infrastructure projects.

1995

• The Linking of Two Great Continents by Rail Tunnel Connections Under the Bering Straits
  By Ronald Kotas, Theoretical Scientist, Grand Quantum Research. Written in 1995.
  Ronald Kotas presents a comprehensive and visionary argument for constructing a rail tunnel system under the Bering Strait to connect North America and Asia. He describes the project as a “grand final trade route” that would unite the continents between Wales, Alaska and Naukan, Russia, linking their rail systems through two parallel tunnels meeting beneath the Diomede Islands. Kotas outlines how the tunnels–approximately 54 miles in total length–could be safely and efficiently constructed with gentle 1 percent grades, electrified track, and modern engineering comparable to the Channel Tunnel and Japan’s Seikan Tunnel.
  
  The paper proposes a cost of roughly $37 billion for the entire project, including $15 billion for the tunnels themselves, arguing that this amount is modest compared to annual defense expenditures. Electrically powered trains are recommended for efficiency, safety, and environmental benefits, with an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 carloads per year. The author emphasizes that the project would stimulate employment for generations, strengthen international trade, and provide a clean alternative to ocean shipping, particularly for oil and bulk commodities. He notes that rail transport consumes eight times less fuel per ton than trucking and avoids the ecological risks of oil tanker spills, referencing the Exxon Valdez disaster as a preventable case.
  
  Kotas describes the required connecting rail infrastructure in detail: about 987 miles of new line linking the Canadian system to Fairbanks (including 269 miles in Alaska, 568 miles in the Yukon, and 150 miles in British Columbia), and approximately 1,000 miles from Fairbanks to Wales. On the Russian side, around 2,100 miles of new track would connect the tunnel to Egvekinot and Yakutsk, integrating with the Trans-Siberian Railway and further to China, Korea, and Japan. He imagines a future in which passenger trains could run from Chicago through Fairbanks and across Siberia to Beijing or Paris, reviving the global spirit of exploration first inspired by Columbus 500 years earlier.
  
  Environmental and safety arguments are central to his vision. Electrified trains and unitized oil trains would, he argues, prevent major maritime spills, reduce air pollution, and create an ecologically sustainable transport corridor. He suggests that land routes for oil and freight would be far safer and more efficient than sea transport. The proposal even envisions tourism potential, with high-speed scenic rail journeys from the U.S. mainland to Asia via Alaska and the Bering Strait.
  
  Kotas compares the prospective achievement to the building of the Panama Canal and emphasizes that the United States grew strong through its railways and free enterprise. Quoting Alaska Governor Walter Hickel’s 1994 speech at the United Nations – “Why war? Why not big projects?” – the author concludes that the Bering Strait Tunnel would become one of humanity’s most important undertakings, symbolizing cooperation, productivity, and peace. He urges immediate action so that this “Grand Trade Route” could be opened by the dawn of the twenty-first century, marking a new era of intercontinental connection and sustainable global progress.
  
  Ronald R. Kotas (March 13, 1934 – April 22, 2018), of North Ft. Myers, Florida. Passed away at the age of 84.

1992

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  No Technical Limits to Bering Strait Project
  Presentation delivered to a Washington, D.C. policy and engineering roundtable on global rail corridors.
  By Louis T. Cerny, Executive Director of the American Railway Engineering Association (AREA). Remarks delivered June 22, 1992; later published by Executive Intelligence Review on July 6, 2007.
  In this address, Louis T. Cerny asserted that there are no insurmountable engineering or geological barriers to building a railway tunnel beneath the Bering Strait. Speaking as a leading U.S. railway engineer and long-time advocate for rail-based infrastructure, Cerny emphasized that the concept of a fixed link between Asia and North America was technologically feasible and strategically essential for the twenty-first century.
  
  Cerny reviewed global examples of long undersea tunnels then in operation or construction, including the recently completed Channel Tunnel between England and France and Japan’s 33-mile Seikan Tunnel. He noted that these projects had already proven that stable rock formations, proper pressure-management, and modern boring methods could make the Bering Strait crossing technically achievable. The Strait itself, only about 55 miles wide and 170 feet deep, posed fewer engineering difficulties than many existing undersea tunnels.
  
  His analysis highlighted the opportunity for a continuous overland rail corridor from North America through Alaska, under the Bering Strait, and onward via Siberia to the Trans-Siberian Railway network and ultimately to Europe and China. He argued that a through-rail connection would eliminate costly trans-shipment of cargo at seaports, cut transport times, and open entirely new freight markets across the polar route. According to Cerny, the rail tunnel would also serve as a stabilizing geopolitical and economic bridge between Russia and the United States, fostering mutual development rather than competition.
  
  Addressing common doubts, Cerny explained that challenges such as permafrost, seismic activity, and extreme weather could be mitigated by well-understood tunneling and railway engineering practices. He emphasized that the technical community had mastered the principles of pressurized tunnel boring, ventilation, and electrified traction systems necessary for long sub-sea routes. What remained was not an engineering problem, but a question of political will and international cooperation.
  
  Cerny urged that the Bering Strait Tunnel be viewed as an investment comparable in vision and scale to the Transcontinental Railroad or the Panama Canal. He foresaw that the project could become the key link in a global transport system connecting four continents by rail. His concluding point was clear: there were, in his professional judgment, “no technical limits” to the realization of the Bering Strait Project — only organizational and financial challenges yet to be overcome.

1990

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  The Bridge to Tomorrow: Visions of the Bering Strait Bridge
  By Terrence Cole, published in Alaska History (Fall 1990 issue).
  Historical essay tracing the evolution of the Bering Strait bridge concept—from Ice Age migrations across the ancient land bridge to modern engineering dreams of reconnecting Alaska and Siberia.

1960

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  Bering Strait Dam Project by Petr Borisov
  by Boris Lyubimov, Literaturnaya Gazeta, March 18, 1960. This Soviet-era feature, translated from the Russian original and reprinted by the U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, profiles engineer Petr Mikhailovich Borisov—a Stalin Prize laureate who proposed constructing a massive dam across the Bering Strait to alter the Arctic climate. Borisov envisioned using pumps built into prefabricated pontoons to redirect cold and warm currents, melting Arctic ice and transforming the frozen tundra of Russia, Alaska, and Canada into fertile lands. The article captures the optimism of 1960s Soviet science, linking technological ambition with hopes for U.S.–Soviet cooperation in “warming the political and physical climate” of the world.

1906

• Russia Will Build Her Part of a Railroad from New York to Paris
  By Cyrus C. Adams. Published in The New York Times, January 14, 1906. © The New York Times.
  This early twentieth‑century report details Russia’s official endorsement of a transcontinental rail system that would ultimately connect New York and Paris through Siberia and a projected tunnel under the Bering Strait. Journalist Cyrus C. Adams describes the Russian government’s plans to construct its eastern section toward Chukotka and the Strait, citing discussions between imperial engineers and financiers from the United States, France, and Britain. The article captures the international optimism surrounding the idea of a continuous rail corridor linking the Old and New Worlds, decades before modern feasibility studies revived the same vision. This 1906 publication remains one of the earliest mainstream references in American media to the concept of an intercontinental railroad between Eurasia and North America.

ALL YEARS

• Other articles - in Russian language.