Interview with professor D Suba Chandran
India has a well-developed Antarctic program, and the country is a relatively new actor in the Arctic. It received an Observer status in the Arctic Council in 2013, published its official Arctic Policy in 2022. India’s interest to the Polar region is growing.
Does India have enough ...
Interview with G A V Reddy and Ajay Sah
In recent years, Russia has perceived India as one of its key partners in the Arctic. In turn, India is taking an active interest in the region. The country’s goals and objectives are outlined in the official Arctic Policy, with practical steps in the Arctic underway in line with the Document. What areas are of key interest to ...
... recently discussed the possibility of exploring new transport corridors like the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) between Vladivostok and Chennai. Both sides also agreed that Indian seafarers will be trained on Polar and Arctic waters at the Russian Maritime Training Institute in Vladivostok, which is equipped with simulators.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in the far-Eastern city of Vladivostok. The Indian side was led by Sarbananda ...
Working Paper No. 75 / 2023
Working Paper No. 75 / 2023
This Working Paper analyses the March 3 and June 8, 2022, Joint Statements made by the seven Western Arctic Council member states in the current political and legal context of environmental and economic management in the northern polar region. Taking existing academic publications on the status of the Arctic Council, the authors examine various options ...
... new high-altitude anti-aircraft systems from Israel. Finish military is in the process of
enhancing
winter warfighting gears, night vision systems and gas masks, remote-controlled smart mines and area denial systems.
Bipandeep Sharma:
A Suspended Arctic Council: New Hope with Norway’s Chairmanship
Finland’s naval component consists of four command vessels, five minelayers, eight missile craft, three mine countermeasure vessels, 13 mine sweepers, and a small landing craft. It is in the process ...
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 May 15, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table on the results of Russian Chairmanship in the Arctic ...
The Global South looks at Norway with a hope to at least push the “un-pause button” of the Council
The resonance of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has sent geopolitical tremors in the Arctic that has, in a way, fractured regional ice. Suspension of the Arctic Council, Finland and Sweden’s decision to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the termination of all existing cooperation with Russia, and escalating military buildups ...
India recognises the value of having different forums to advocate its Arctic issues
It is hard not to notice the growing activity of non-Arctic states in the Arctic region. Over the past 10 years, since China, Japan, India, Singapore and South Korea were granted observer status in the Arctic Council in 2013, the discourse ...
On September 28, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk and Northern Forum international organization held a roundtable titled “Russia — India Collaboration in the Arctic: Interests and Opportunities”
On September 28, 2022 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in cooperation with the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk and Northern Forum international organization held a roundtable titled ...
... opportunities, unfair competition and transport blockade. Furthermore, the national political system must be capable of ensuring a normal flow of social activities as well as of protecting the vital interests from a wide range of challenges and threats. The Arctic accounts for a third of Russia’s entire territory and,
according to Russian President
Vladimir Putin, new Arctic and northern territories will be attached to Russia in the decades to come.
Expansion in the Arctic
Natalia Viakhireva:
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