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Dr. Natalia Viakhireva, RIAC program manager, discussed these and other issues with Lt Gen G A V Reddy, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation (India) and Maj. Gen. Ajay Sah, Chief Information Officer, Synergia Foundation (India).
The Future of the Arctic Council. Working Paper
India published its Arctic Strategy in 2022. The year of 2022 happened to become a turning point for international cooperation in the Arctic. What are the core interests that India has and pursues in the Arctic? Do you see ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 on both Eastern and Western sides are some of the immediate effects ...
A return to the usual nature of interaction within the framework of the Arctic Council should not be expected in the near future
Given the deterioration of Russia's relations with the West in almost all respects since 2014, there were fears that these negative trends would extend to cooperation in the Arctic. However, during ...
Extending the mandate of the Arctic Council to include security issues would likely discourage efforts to cooperate on pressing issues in the region
The 2021–2023 Russian chairmanship of the Arctic Council comes at a watershed moment for the region and the institution alike. ...
On May 12, 2021, the International Multimedia Press Center MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" (Russia Today) hosted a round table focusing on the beginning of Russia's Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and timed to the release of RIAC report on the Arctic Council, its status and activities
On May 12, 2021, the International Multimedia Press Center MIA "Rossiya Segodnya" (Russia Today) hosted a round table focusing on the beginning ...
On May 11, 2021, the European Council on Foreign Relations held an online discussion focusing on what can be expected from Russian chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
On May 11, 2021, the European Council on Foreign Relations held an online discussion focusing on what can be expected from Russian chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
More than thirty experts, diplomats and public figures from Europe ...
... States’ strategic priority has shifted towards China, U.S. participants wondered whether Washington might prefer a “third way” for Russia over a complete bifurcation of the global order in which Russia sides with China.
Russia’s Chairmanship of theArctic Council
The Arctic remains a positive outlier in a receding list of areas where U.S.-Russia engagement is cooperative. Russia’s forthcoming chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2021-2023) provides an occasion to build on decades of cooperative ...
... global actors with a stake in the Arctic, should develop a consensus-based mechanism for better cooperation amongst themselves supported by legal and institutional mechanisms currently available. This should probably happen within the framework of the Arctic Council that facilitates political cooperation among all Arctic nations.
How do you assess Finland's chairmanship in the Arctic Council? Have there been any successful results so far?
The Arctic Council (AC) is an intergovernmental body — often ...
