... control a significant share of the Arctic Ocean, which is also most accessible navigation-wise. The only Artic power that can boast better conditions is Norway, with its entire coast washed by ice-free seas. Compared to Canada and the United States, the Russian Arctic is characterised by a greater length of navigation, a smaller area and thickness of the ice cover, as well as a big number of bases and ports along the coast and on islands. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) is in regular and increasing use for commercial ...
... of Denmark and the Russian Federation in the Arctic and around the Baltic Sea. The publication aims to identify areas of common ground between the two sides in order to broaden cooperation and to address the arising challenges in both regions.
Danish-Russian Interfaces: the Arctic and The Baltic Sea Region
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... and Moscow with an event on maritime security held in the Arctic city of Arkhangelsk, with the assistance of the Northern Arctic Federal University (SAFU). Convening the dialogue outside Moscow allowed the discussion to benefit from the knowledge ... ... communities that are often overlooked.
As with previous project cycles, the workshops were designed to generate recommendations for the Russian and British governments, as well as to identify potential areas in which the private sector, academia and regional actors ...
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Strategies
Throughout almost the entire twentieth century, Russia was a leader in Arctic exploration. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it lost many of its positions. Only at the very start of the 2010s did Moscow rekindle its interest in the Arctic. Russia’s main goal now is to reclaim the mantle of the leading Arctic power. In 2008, the country’s government adopted a document titled “The Foundations of Russia’s Strategy in the Arctic,
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... North. Russia’s active participation in the Arctic Council and its signing of the Ilulissat Declaration are evidence of this. Russia, like Canada, also has a disproportionately large stake in the Arctic. With Canada and Russia being the two largest Arctic powers, Russia having some 40 plus ice breakers (in comparison to Canada’s 15), and Russia’s swift development of its northern infrastructure, interaction between the two nations is unavoidable. Ukraine Crisis or not, Russia is looking to move forward in ...
On October 14, 2019, in Arkhangelsk, Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) hosted a seminar on “Maritime Security in the Arctic: A View from Russia and Britain” as part of a joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Royal United Services Institute, RUSI “Russian-British Security Dialogue”
On October 14, 2019, in Arkhangelsk, Northern (Arctic) Federal University ...
On October 8, 2019, Copenhagen hosted a round table focusing on the relations between Russia and the EU in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic. The round table was organized by Danish Foreign Policy Society.
On October 8, 2019, Copenhagen hosted a round table focusing on the relations between Russia and the EU in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic. The round table was organized by
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... Eastern Studies and the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University
The 5th annual report by RIAC, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies and the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University presents the сommon views of leading Russian and Chinese international affairs experts on the development of Russia–China cooperation in 2018 and the first quarter of 2019.
The authors analyze the dynamics of Russia–China interaction on the most pressing matters of international and ...
... region forms a significant part of the country’s export potential. It can be argued that the Arctic is a zone of Russia’s strategic interests, and this goes some way to explaining Moscow’s attitude to the presence of extra-regional actors in the Arctic. Russia, like Canada, is keen to strengthen the positions of the Arctic states and is wary of expanding the circle of actors in the region.
For example, Moscow and Ottawa initially opposed the decision to grant observer status in the Arctic Council to ...
... be qualified as international. Accordingly, the transformation of the NSR into a full-fledged international transit route connecting North America and the EU countries with Asian markets may raise the issue of revising the legal status of a number of Russian Arctic straits in favor of their greater internationalization.
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In summary, it should be noted that the current model of the Northern Sea Route development provides for its priority use for exporting resources, mainly mineral (energy), from the Arctic ...
