Neither Siberia nor Alaska has Railways Needed for Bering Strait Tunnel

Neither Siberia nor Alaska has Railways Needed for Bering Strait Tunnel

Executive Summary: Moscow is promoting the construction of a tunnel under the Bering Strait that would connect the Russian Far East with the U.S. state of Alaska. The proposal has generated interest in Washington, and Russian officials are proposing to call it the Putin–Trump Tunnel. Unfortunately, neither the Russian Far East nor Alaska has the transportation networks needed to construct such a tunnel, nor would it be economically viable were …