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 three nations will turn ICE into a detailed business plan with financial projections, binding commitments and specific deadlines. The pact aims to produce ...
... 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 ... ... Threats on Union State,” “Analyzing Situation in the Arctic and Policies of Arctic States” and “EU Sanctions Policy Toward Russia Before and After February 2022: A Comparative Outlook.”
During the session on the evolution of the Union State of Russia ...
... resolving them will become more rational, because civilization-states respect one another and do not try to change anyone in their own image and likeness. Common sense shall prevail for the benefit of the multipolar world.
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Telegraph / Ambassador of Russia in Canada Oleg V. Stepanov
... say that the purchase of the South Korean MLRSs by Poland was caused by the fact that Warsaw failed to buy the requested
quantity
of HIMARS systems from the U..S (more than 500 launchers).
The volumes of South Korean military products purchased by Canada and Poland give every reason to believe that a certain part can be supplied to Ukraine as that country exhausts its Soviet- and Russian-made military equipment, which was handed over to Kiev by the proponents of the warfare prolongation.
Seoul’s next step is to be regarded by Moscow as another challenge. Thus, on December 7, 2022, the Ukrainian Embassy in the Republic of Korea ...
... countries that impose sanctions against certain individuals has long been a common phenomenon. The mechanism of blocking sanctions has been widely used for several decades by US authorities. A similar methodology has been adopted by the EU, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and some other countries. Russia and China may also resort to these tactics, although Moscow and Beijing rarely use them. In the hands of Western countries, blocking sanctions, however, have become a frequent occurrence. Along with the ban on financial transactions with individuals ...
On August 4, 2021, the Round Table "Canada-Russia Relations: Media, Paradiplomacy and the Balance of Power" was held within the framework of the 10th World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES 10th Congress), organized by Concordia University ...
... with Washington’s adversarial relations with Moscow and Beijing. Yet upon closer examination, Canada and Russia possess certain strategic imperatives that are in many ways aligned. A tripartite strategic concept that posits separate paradigms for the Canada-Russia relationship in Europe, Asia, and the Arctic could bear significant fruit. And while Canada’s record of pursuing multilateral cooperation in the Circumpolar North is well established, there exists space for a collaborative approach to Canada-Russia ...
... affect people-to-people ties, tourism, cooperation, and exchanges in science, culture, and education between Russia and many Western countries, including Canada. According to Dutkiewicz (Harris 2018), there was a risk of a “significant blowback in the Canada-Russia relationship, especially in matters touching on the Arctic.” Luckily, the dialogue on the Arctic did not cease.
The Kerch Strait incident in 2018 involving Ukrainian naval ships also led to divergent interpretations between Russia and its Western ...
... rules-based international order that is the sum of international rules, norms and institutions that govern international affairs in the Arctic.” [
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] Arctic cooperation is manifested in both bilateral and multilateral forms, such as in terms of direct Canada-Russia relations, or in the form of the Arctic Council. For Canada, multilateral cooperation within the auspices of the Arctic Council represents the pre-eminent form of Arctic cooperation. Canada’s interests in its Arctic foreign policy involve exercising ...
... politically and in terms of business in the 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 ...
