What the Big Game in the Arctic could look like
The activity of the United States Navy and the U.S.’s NATO allies in the Arctic is becoming a standing factor. The visit to the Barents Sea by a group of destroyers, regular under-ice exercises by nuclear submarines, the air ...
Why does climate change in the Arctic matter?
The outbreak of COVID-19, despite its horrific consequences on humanity, resulted in an unexpectedly positive effect on the global environment. Due to
China’s factories
shut down,
port restrictions
, international
air traffic
put ...
RIAC and The Danish Foreign Policy Society Report #54
RIAC and The Danish Foreign Policy Society Report #54
While the Arctic is currently undergoing a significant transformation as a result of climate change and global political processes, remains a region of low tension in Russia-West relations, the Baltic Sea region is of a more complex nature. To address the evolving ...
... geopolitical issues such as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, organised crime, terrorism, and the Middle East. This year, the workshops focused on the challenging issues of the economic opportunities in Africa; maritime security in the Arctic; private military companies; and the rules of the information space.
This iteration of the project also broadened its activities beyond London and Moscow with an event on maritime security held in the Arctic city of Arkhangelsk, with the assistance ...
China 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 idea, and cooperation between China and Russia in the Arctic is exclusively economic.
China 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 idea, and cooperation between China and ...
... international community. Communication between our countries is key. As the political maxim goes, it is a lot harder to build institutions than to tear them down.
Natalia Viakhireva:
The Russian and Canadian Approach to Extra-Regional Actors in the Arctic
With a new liberal mandate this past October, Canada is in the position to make changes in its foreign policy. In 2015, the liberal government signalized a thaw in Canadian-Russian relations. This never came to pass. Indeed, we are running out ...
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 ...
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
Danish ...
The 5th annual report by RIAC, RAS Institute of Far 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...
Russia and Canada face the need to build a balanced and cautious policy about non-Arctic states
The Arctic is currently undergoing significant transformations that are the result of climate change and the global general political processes. One of the trends that has taken shape in recent years is the growing activity of extra-regional ...