On November 14-15, 2014 Oslo hosted a Russia-U.S. expert meeting on bilateral cooperation in the Middle East sponsored by the
Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center
and RIAC with financial support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The Russian side was represented by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Vice-President of Transneft Mikhail Margelov, Director of RAS Institute for Oriental Studies Vitaly Naumkin, former Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov (all RIAC members), as well as...
... technology. It will not be able to accomplish this alone.
How active are other Arctic states as far as resources are concerned?
If we regard the Irish, Russian and Northern seas as part of the Arctic, Britain is definitely in the lead, although since 2004 Norway has made great strides, almost becoming the world’s largest oil operator.
However, the Russian Arctic boasts the mildest climate, with ice compaction at a 30-year-record-low in 2013. The Western Arctic had the least ice, and the Eastern Arctic ...
... landmass have been legally assigned, and the procedure for carrying out strategies in the has been defined. The subject of this paper is instead dedicated to the sphere of scientific activity and an analysis of the organization of research on the Arctic in Norway, a country which in the opinion of many experts, is pursuing by far the most consistent and sound policies in the region. With the term “Arctic research”, we have in the mind the organization of comprehensive studies of the region as ...
... out all prospective deposits at a depth of more than 3 km.
In the national Arctic strategies of NATO member states, economic interests clearly dominate over political and military considerations. Here are concrete examples to confirm this statement. Norway is NATO’s outpost in the Arctic. Norwegian interests in the region are not confined to hydrocarbons alone. Fishery is the country’s great economic asset. Problems around seafood production have repeatedly fueled conflicts in Russian-Norwegian ...
Interview with Anders Kjellevold
Recent parliamentary elections in Norway have resulted in the victory of a Conservative-led coalition and are likely to bring about a change in government.
Anders Kjellevold
, political advisor for the Labour Party in the Oslo City Council, shared his opinion on how the election results ...
... approval of a group of six states as
permanent observers
. China, which has demonstrated its willingness to participate in the exploration of the Arctic region more actively than the rest over the recent years, occupies a special position among them.
Norway has the last word
Norway’s stance on admitting China to the Arctic Council remained a matter of intrigue until virtually the last moment. This was due to the “cooling” of bilateral relations in the recent past, provoked by the ...
Prospects of cooperation in the Arctic
Russia and Norway are direct neighbours in the Arctic and, therefore, have many overlapping interests and goals. Each side relies primarily upon national interests in their relations in this region, but seeks to practically implement them taking into account the ...
