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The decline in global oil prices that began in the summer of 2014 carries with it a number of risks in assembling a whole range of major oil and gas projects, including shale gas extraction projects, deep-water offshore projects and projects in the Arctic shelf.
In these conditions, despite the ongoing surplus of global oil production in relation to consumption, the question nevertheless arises: how can we maintain current production levels in the medium and long-term and ensure growth in order ...
In June 2016, France adopted its National Arctic Exploration Programme, which sets out the country’s basic interests in the region and delineates the principal trends and priorities of its Arctic policies in the coming years. It is quite logical that this document has appeared: following ...
In September 2016, the Arctic Council celebrates the 20th Anniversary. The framework for cooperation and the commitment to jointly protect and develop the Arctic enshrined in the 1996 Ottawa Declaration have ensured regular and competent discussion of the Arctic issues. Deep ...
On July 26, 2016, RIAC Program Manager for the Arctic and Asia-Pacific Lyudmila Filippova met with Executive Chairman of
East Office of Finnish Industries
Esko Aho to discuss future cooperation between the Russian International Affairs Council and the Finnish business association.
The participants ...
Authors: Vladimir Mednikov is adviser to the director general of Sovcomflot and serves as president of the Russian International Maritime Law Association. Henry P. Huntington is a senior officer and science director for Arctic Ocean projects at The Pew Charitable Trusts. The retreat of sea ice each Arctic summer gets more and more attention every year. Many stories in industry publications, scientific journals, and the popular press are not just about the ice but also ...
On July 12-13, 2016, RIAC Program Manager for the Arctic and Asia-Pacific Lyudmila Filippova visited the Ocean University of China,
Qingdao.
Ms. Filippova read a lecture titled “The Future of the Arctic Region: Reconciling or Walking apart?” The presentation was followed by a discussion ...
... Kortunov, Deputy Director on Science of RAS Institute for Oil and Gas Studies Vassily Bogoyavlensky, RIAC Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova and MGIMO Senior Lecturer Igor Istomin were in Toronto at international conference “
Ukraine, Syria and the Arctic – From Challenges to Solutions” sponsored by the Institute for
21st Century Questions
, the
Global Brief magazine
and the
Canadian Forces College
. The event was also attended by representatives from Canada, the United States, France,...
... partnership with the Canadian Forces College.
Day One will be devoted to understanding and exploring the causes of, and potential practical solutions to Russia-West conflict and tensions, in both the Eastern Europe and Syrian theatres.
Day Two will explore Arctic geopolitical, economic, environmental and scientific futures, and will examine practical avenues for Canada-Russian forward cooperation in the Arctic.
The Russian International Affairs Council will be represented at the conference by Andrey Kortunov,...
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a roundtable on the theme “
The Arctic Dimension of Eurasian Integration
” on 19 April 2016. The key speech was delivered by Professor Guo Peiqing, the Executive Director of the Institute of Polar Law and Policy of the Ocean University of China. The speech focused on China’s ...
... delegation of Sweden's Ministry of Defence led by Jörgen Cederberg, Senior Adviser of the Ministry’s Department for Security and International Relations.
The guests were familiarized with RIAC’s projects on international cooperation in the Arctic, European security, the Baltic, and Russia-NATO dialogue.
