The Issue of Connectivity in India-Russia Relations — From Eurasia to the Arctic

... more active role in region-building. Northern Sea route (NSR) and the Arctic, where Russia needs to balance unfriendly Western nations, members of the Arctic Council, as well as an increasingly more active China, is a brand-new venue for the parties’ connectivity cooperation [ 8 ]. Yet, both projects would require from Russia and India significant investment, political will and creativity to not only make them economically feasible, but make sure they fit into broader Eurasian security architecture. And this is where Moscow and New Delhi might face convergence issues. Another challenge is of geopolitical nature, as involving India in Greater Eurasian Partnership proposed by Russia may clash with the fact that its core ...