In an August 10 interview with TASS, Peter Kuznick, Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University proposed building a Bering Strait tunnel that would connect the United States with Russia through high-speed rail.
Kuznick urged building upon the upcoming Trump-Putin summit, by holding talks that would involve the leaders of Russia, Brazil, India, China, and the United States. “What I would like to see is a follow-up meeting between Trump, Putin, and [Chinese leader] Xi Jinping at the World War II commemoration [September 3] in China. It would be even better if [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi and [Brazilian President Luiz Inácio] Lula [da Silva] also join.”
He urged cooperation between Russia, the U.S., and perhaps other nations, on joint development projects in the Arctic “and perhaps a Bering Strait Tunnel connecting Russia and the U.S. with high-speed rails.” This sort of collaboration could “put the world back on the path toward peace and begin easing the tensions that have made our world so insanely dangerous of late,” he said.
