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Is Global Icebreaker Race Imminent?

The ICE alliance has more geopolitical and geostrategic rationale than economic On July 11, 2024, on the margins of the NATO Summit in Washington, the US, Canada and Finland announced a new trilateral consortium—the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact—with an explicit intention to challenge Russia and China in icebreaker construction and deployment. It is expected that by the end of 2024 the ...

29.07.2024

RIAC at the Second Saint-Petersburg Congress on International Studies

... Professor at the Department of World Politics of Tomsk State Univesity. E. Solodukhina and A. Pogorelskaya moderated the section as well. On the second day of the conference, RIAC Program Manager Natalia Vyakhireva delivered reports on the priorities of Canada’s defense strategy in the “Canada in the Modern World” section and on bolstering defense cooperation between Canada and the U.S. in the Arctic in the “Arctic Cooperation in the Age of Turbulence” section. RIAC Program Manager Yulia Melnikova ...

06.05.2024

The World Order As It Should Be

... meeting to exchange opinions on the changes and challenges that the current international order is going through. What distinguishes the aforementioned event from the multitude other of that sort is the new vision for the common future we all, Russia and Canada included, shall live in. Building upon the recently released Concept of Foreign Policy, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin outlined several principles to which we wish to adhere and invite all other nations to join efforts, energy and good will ...

01.11.2023

South Korean Arms for Canada and Poland: NATO’s Reserve Arsenal for Ukraine?

... designated as an unfriendly state of the Russian Federation in Russian Government Directive No. 430-r, dated March 5, 2022. In July 2022, the media reported upcoming contracts for the delivery of large batches of South Korean weapons and ammunition to Canada and Poland, which are in the forefront of NATO’s escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. The range and unprecedented volume of South Korean military products supplied to these states indicates that they may soon be added to the Ukrainian arsenals....

13.01.2023

Sanctions and the Confiscation of Russian Property. The First Experience

... public and private sector entities which had been hit by blocking financial sanctions. At the same time, the possibility that these assets could be confiscated and liquidated so that the funds could be transferred to Ukraine was discussed. So far, only Canada has such a legal mechanism. It will also be the first country to implement the idea of confiscation in practice. How does the new mechanism work, what is the essence of the first confiscation, and what consequences can we expect from the new practice ...

11.01.2023

Early Elections in Canada: Will the Fourth Wave Get in the Way?

The Liberals decided to take advantage of the high ratings of the ruling party and the prime minister at the moment, associated with a fairly successful anti-COVID policy On August 15, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party, announced an early parliamentary election and scheduled it for September 20, 2021. Canadian legislation allows the federal government to be in power up to 5 years, so normally, the elections should have been held ...

17.09.2021

The 2021 Canadian Federal Election and the Arctic

... the Arctic policy despite changing dynamics in parliament The 2021 Canadian Federal Election On August 15, 2021 , Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a visit to the new Governor-General Mary Simon, Queen Elizabeth II’s representative in Canada, asking to dissolve parliament and call an election two years ahead of schedule. Trudeau asserts that Canadians must vote on a vision for the country’s recovery after the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic and emergency measures implemented ...

01.09.2021

Revisiting Canada-Russia Relations: A New Paradigm for a Multipolar World

Ottawa’s strategic dialogue with Moscow could begin with efforts to identify elements of commonality in both countries’ respective visions for development and stability in Asia Introduction Canada’s reaction to the 2013–2014 Ukraine crisis during Stephen Harper’s premiership stood out as among the sternest in the Western community. Although diplomatic ties were not formally severed, the level of engagement between Ottawa and Moscow ...

19.04.2021

Russia-Canada Relations in a Period of Crisis, 2014-2020

Despite the sanctions and accusatory rhetoric from politicians on both sides, ‘niche cooperation’ between the two countries is still possible in areas of common interest Introduction Political relations between Russia and Canada from 2014 to 2020 show that bilateral relations have been affected by the crisis in Russia-West relations and limited by a war of sanctions and accusatory rhetoric from both sides. In Canada, mainstream political discourse does not support dialogue ...

19.04.2021
 

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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