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Canada, Russia and the Arctic

... increase in traffic and development, it is essential that investments in vessels, marine navigation and inland infrastructure are made. Corporate Parity aims to present the platform to discuss the updates in various sectors within the Arctic between Canada and Russia. These are matters of great worldwide importance from both private and overseas community. The updated perspective: Consists of a combination of case study from large multinational enterprises and governments – in order to maximize ...

Опубликовано:
25.10.2015 13:05:00

NASA and RUSSIA

The US space agency has forked out $490m for six seats for its astronauts to get to the ISS on board one of the Russian Federal Space Agency's (Roscosmos) Soyuz spacecraft. Nasa's space shuttles were stopped in 2011 as the organisation set about sending its astronauts to the ISS on board privately developed spacecrafts like SpaceX. However, a shortfall in funding from the US Congress has meant the space agency is down about a billion dollars on what it requested since 2011. As a result, the first...

Опубликовано:
08.08.2015 10:48:00

Militarisation of the Arctic: (3) Canada

III. Canada Stephen Harper: the rise and fall of Canada's defence budget Since coming to power in 2006, Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made support for the military the centrepiece of his campaign to garner support ...

Опубликовано:
22.04.2015 12:31:00

On Canadian-Russian Relations

Canada’s next federal election is this year. It will most likely be held in October 2015. The current Conservative government is hoping to retain its majority through the manipulation of the Ukrainian/Canadian voting base in western Canada by support ...

Опубликовано:
12.03.2015 21:58:00

The Arctic: China's New Domain

... growing economy with more minerals and open new shipping lanes through Arctic waters. From the point of view of international law the Arctic has a special legal status: it is a polar region to the north of the Arctic Circle. Geographically parts of Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, the United States, Sweden, Finland and Iceland lie in the Arctic, although Finland and Sweden do not have an Arctic coast. Offshore territories of these states are limited to 12 nautical miles of territorial ...

Опубликовано:
01.12.2013 18:02:00

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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