... Canada’s geopolitical role as an Arctic state. In the case of domestically-oriented goals, the government aims to improve the resiliency of Northern communities, to strengthen infrastructure and close the
infrastructure gap
that persists between Arctic Canada and other more developed areas of the country, to create sustainable and inclusive regional economies, knowledge- and understanding-guided decision-making, protecting and promoting the health of Northern and Arctic ecosystems as well as self-determination ...
... and a half has passed without high-level engagement between Canada and a neighbouring great power that it abuts in three theatres: in the Euro-Atlantic region, where Russia remains the most militarily powerful actor besides the United States; in the Arctic, where Canada and Russia share the overwhelming majority of the coastline; and in the Pacific, which is becoming increasingly central to global geopolitics.
Despite increasing tensions, other G7 leaders have not severed dialogue with Moscow, which is necessary ...
....globalaffairs.ru/articles/brief-canadian-russian-relations/
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Blanchfield, Mike. 2019. “Russia could meddle in Canada’s election due to ‘growing interest’ in Arctic: report.”
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Blank, Stephen, and Monica Gattinger. 2017. “Canada-US relations under President Trump: stop reading the tweets and look to the future.” In
Justin Trudeau and Canadian Foreign policy. Canada among nations 2017
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... negotiations.” As per Canada’s new Arctic policy of 2019, Canada sees three main foci points in moving forward with its international Arctic policy: “1. Strengthen the rules-based international order in the Arctic,” “2. More clearly define Canada's Arctic boundaries,” and “3. Broaden Canada’s international engagement to
contribute
to the priorities of Canada’s Arctic and North.” This new Arctic policy is ultimately twofold. On the one hand, to push for more international cooperation in ...
... cooperate, both 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 ...
... guide for Canadian northern economic development policies aimed at bolstering our sovereign Arctic claims and providing secure futures for northerners.”
Andrey Zagorsky, Andrey Todorov:
Integrated Marine Management in the Arctic
The discussion of Canada’s new Arctic strategy touches on China. The assessments of many experts are based on the fact that extra-regional actors are already present in the Arctic, with China as a key player among them. Several Canadian analysts believe that Chinese initiatives should ...
... Natalia Vyakhireva, RIAC Program Manager.
The meeting focused on RIAC project on international cooperation in the Arctic, the North American area of RIAC research, and prospects for interaction with Canadian think tanks on cooperation between Russia and Canada in the Arctic.
...
The decline in global oil prices that began in the summer of 2014 carries with it a number of risks in assembling a whole range of major oil and gas projects, including shale gas extraction projects, deep-water offshore projects and projects in the Arctic shelf.
In these conditions, despite the ongoing surplus of global oil production in relation to consumption, the question nevertheless arises: how can we maintain current production levels in the medium and long-term and ensure growth in order ...
... Kortunov, Deputy Director on Science of RAS Institute for Oil and Gas Studies Vassily Bogoyavlensky, RIAC Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova and MGIMO Senior Lecturer Igor Istomin were in Toronto at international conference “
Ukraine, Syria and the Arctic – From Challenges to Solutions” sponsored by the Institute for
21st Century Questions
, the
Global Brief magazine
and the
Canadian Forces College
. The event was also attended by representatives from Canada, the United States, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey and Israel.
Day one of the conference was devoted to the Ukraine and Syria crises, the Russia-West and Russia-Turkey conundrums, and Nagorny Karabakh. On day two the participants covered ...
... and potential practical solutions to Russia-West conflict and tensions, in both the Eastern Europe and Syrian theatres.
Day Two will explore Arctic geopolitical, economic, environmental and scientific futures, and will examine practical avenues for Canada-Russian forward cooperation in the Arctic.
The Russian International Affairs Council will be represented at the conference by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General and Lyudmila Filippova, RIAC Program Manager.
Conference Programme
