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On July 6, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), held a round table discussion on the new geopolitical and geo-strategic reality in Northern Europe. Experts from Russia and Sweden were invited to participate in the discussion.

Full version

On July 6, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), held a round table discussion on the new geopolitical and geo-strategic reality in Northern Europe. Experts from Russia and Sweden were invited to participate in the discussion.

RIAC members and scientists representing RAS IMEMO, RAS Institute of Europe, RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies, MGIMO University, as well as European and Swedish experts from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the European Leadership Network (ELN) discussed the implications of possible Sweden and Finland membership in NATO for global and European security, the risks of incidents in the Baltic Sea region and the possibilities to avoid them, security challenges in the Arctic region, and the prospects for multilateral cooperation in the Arctic in the context of NATO expansion and the aggravated relations between Russia and the collective West, as well as a number of other issues.