... Resolve, until
October 15
. This is a totally unique case, especially considering the fact that America’s Western allies have always promptly named their own contributions to the intervention (Shader in Great Britain, Chammal in France, Impact in Canada, and Okra in Australia). In the overall context, the name “Inherent Resolve” smacks of the defence department taking a swipe at the political leadership.
On the whole, for the U.S. global war machine this is a regional war in the full ...
... avenues for cooperation that still contains a tangible constructiveness and willingness for cooperation among the member countries.
Also of great importance is the fact that the United States, which will to take up the Arctic Council presidency from Canada this year, appears eager to isolate its function from international turbulence for the sake of closer cooperation.
I believe the next two years will be immensely significant in view of mutual socialization for the Arctic Council members, especially ...
The Russia-Canada Vector
On July 1 Canadians celebrate Canada Day, their main national holiday commemorating the British North America Act signed on July 1, 1867 establishing the British Dominion of Canada. On this day, people often say that Canada has too much ...
Alexander Vylegzhanin, Alexander Sergunin, Valeriy Konyshev and Pavel Gudev
On April 15, 2014 Canada said it would boycott an upcoming meeting of the Arctic Council in Moscow. Minister Leona Aglukkaq said the decision was part of the sanctions imposed by Canada on Russia because of the events in Ukraine. RIAC experts
Alexander Vylegzhanin
(MGIMO),...
... associate director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. He has researched extensively on Arctic policy and defense. He doesn’t rule out the possibility of escalating tensions in the Arctic. The latest news of Canada’s boycott of the Arctic Council meeting in Moscow confirms this picture.
Relations with Russia have reached a level of tension without precedents. Still, the Arctic is considered as one of the most fruitful field of international cooperation....
...
Carleton University
in partnership with the
Oxford Analytica
group and
DFATD Policy Research Division
.
Canadian, American and Russian experts focused on prospects of Russia's economy, social dynamics and foreign policy, as well as Ukraine crisis, Russia-Canada cooperation, and international interaction in development of the Arctic.
The Canadian side was represented by think-tanks’ research fellows and analysts specializing on Russia.
RIAC Director General
Andrey Kortunov
addressed the meeting ...
... 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 ...
... the North-Atlantic Treaty but also have a stake in the region.
An indication of the priority of national interests in the positions of NATO member countries is long-standing territorial differences between Denmark and the U.S.A., on the one hand, and Canada, on the other. In the case of the United States, this concerns the Beaufort Sea, with Alaska and the Yukon Territory both laying claim to it. Denmark and Canada are locked in a dispute over the rights to the Hans (Eastern) Island.
Although the ...
Can Canada and Russia cooperate in the Arctic?
The issue of potential partners and allies both in the world and in the strategically important Arctic region stands crucial in Russia’s contemporary foreign policy. Is there any chance of finding such ...
