... Council and India’s role in it? How the governance structure in the Arctic is seen from India? Should the Arctic Council be preserved, or any alternative structure could and should be created?
G A V Reddy:
As for the question, can we preserve the Arctic council? The Arctic is a global desire. Every responsible nation would like to be there. But is it practical and feasible? It is beyond any responsible nation’s desire to preserve the Arctic. I was privy to that kind of development that is taking place in the Arctic....
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 ...
... be the cost of maintaining this organization? Why will it be preserved? The quality of work and the range of issues solved will suffer the most. "Soft security" is also likely to be overtaken by other issues.
For the Russian Federation, the Arctic Council is of interest only when it complies with Russian doctrinal documents on the Arctic zone. If membership in the AC contributes to it, we will continue our work. If we see that participation in the Council hinders us, we may consider ending our participation.
The role of chairman obliges Norway to a certain degree of impartiality....
... issues prevailed until 2022. This changed drastically with Russia’s new approach to Ukraine. Since then, the region has again started moving towards an upward spiral of rapid securitization.
Natalia Viakhireva:
On Pause: Dialogue with Russia in the Arctic
The Arctic Council, which in the past had served as an important mechanism of cooperation, currently remains suspended under Russian chairmanship as a result of the Arctic Seven’s (A7) [
3
] solidarity against Russia’s decision pertaining to the conflict ...
... Western analysts have included the Arctic among the areas where interaction between Russia and Western countries is possible and promising, despite the general crisis in relations.
The year 2022 has served as a turning point for the activities of the Arctic Council and international Arctic cooperation. Shortly after the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, seven member countries of the Arctic Council (Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, USA, Finland, Sweden) announced the suspension of their participation in all official ...
... Ottawa Declaration, the Arctic Council is a forum for cooperation and coordination between the eight Arctic states (Russia, Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark/Greenland and Norway) and the indigenous peoples residing in the Arctic regions. The Arctic Council was founded with
the explicit understanding
of member states and permanent participants that the forum was a space for cooperation on sustainable development and environmental preservation, not security issues.
At that time, security issues ...
... roundtable was attended by: Natalya Vyakhireva, RIAC Program Manager; Alexander Vylegzhanin, Head of the Program of International Law at MGIMO University, RIAC Member; Nikolai Korchunov, Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador at Large, and Russia's Senior Arctic Official to the Arctic Council; and Mikhail Kuznetsov, Director of the Federal Autonomous Scientific Institution “Eastern State Planning Center” (FANU Vostokgosplan).
Natalya Vyakhireva, RIAC Program Manager, addressed the roundtable participants with a welcoming ...
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 engagement between ...
... responsibility,
whilst
informing non-Arctic states of the Arctic developments and creating opportunities for them to engage in Arctic matters, abiding by set rules under an international legal framework. There seems to be a lack of power balance in the Arctic. The Arctic Council does not have the mandate to discuss military security issues; NATO lacks legitimacy in the Arctic as only five of the eight Arctic nations are its members and it has non-Arctic states too as members; Russia, being the largest Arctic nation,...
