Project: International Cooperation in the Arctic
Aim of the project — to elaborate proposals for development of international cooperation in the Arctic, considering the priorities of the Arctic Council, in collaboration with research centers based in the countries of the Arctic region as well as in extra-regional countries.
Publications:
- Annual report “International Cooperation in the Arctic”
Partners:
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The expansion in the Northern direction offered the nation a variety of unique opportunities, but it also created numerous challenges that other Europeans never confronted
ShortThe ICE alliance has more geopolitical and geostrategic rationale than economic
ShortThe Three Poles project has very real prospects to become a kind of “integrator” and “driver” of BRICS for the foreseeable future
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Interview with Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize
ShortInterview with Raj Kumar Sharma, Senior Research Fellow at the NatStrat, India
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The Island America that has grown in all respects will be able to give less, but will become more demanding. This is exactly what Russia or China need, from a strategic perspective
ShortChina and Russia act in accordance with their own interests, which are not always identical. For the time being, the creation of a Russo-Chinese military alliance isn’t a viable…
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Indonesia’s interest in the Arctic is unequivocally non-territorial, instead driven by existential vulnerability stemming from climate change and geo-economic necessity stemming…
ShortThe world really needs to question is the very fundamental requirement and existence of “NATO” itself
ShortThe Global South looks at Norway with a hope to at least push the “un-pause button” of the Council
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Analytics (70)
The expansion in the Northern direction offered the nation a variety of unique opportunities, but it also created numerous challenges that other Europeans never confronted
ShortThe ICE alliance has more geopolitical and geostrategic rationale than economic
ShortThe Three Poles project has very real prospects to become a kind of “integrator” and “driver” of BRICS for the foreseeable future
ShortAnalytics
Interview (7)
Interview with Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize
ShortInterview with Raj Kumar Sharma, Senior Research Fellow at the NatStrat, India
ShortInterview
Expert columns (8)
HSE University Student
Research Analyst at Non-Traditional Security Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi
Research Analyst at Non-Traditional Security Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi
On November 21, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a roundtable, “The Arctic as a Magnet for Non-Regional Actors.”
On May 15, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table on the results of Russian Chairmanship in the Arctic Council and the future of cooperation in the region at the press center of the Rossiya Segodnya News Agency
On November 29, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in partnership with the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk (NEFU) held a round table “Russia and Asian Actors in the Arctic: Interests and Cooperation Opportunities” as part of the 6th Northern Forum on Sustainable Development which takes place from November 28 to December 1 in Yakutsk
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Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member
President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
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