... Norway a historic opportunity to re-revive some level of cooperation in the region. Science and climate change research that has always topped Norway’s agenda could yet be the restarting points needed for cooperation.
Norway-Russia Relations in the Arctic
Norway-Russia bilateral relations have seen several ups and downs in the past. Amongst all the Nordic countries, Norway shares a 197 km direct land border with Russia. It has been a founding member of NATO since 1949 and has played an active role in global power ...
The meeting addressed the following issues: the consequences of the current Russia-Ukraine conflict for European security, as well as the situation in the Arctic region, in particular, the prospects for the functioning of the Arctic Council and bilateral Russian-Norwegian relations
On March 30, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Rune Resaland, Norwegian Ambassador to Russia....
On November 9, 2018, Rune Resaland, the Ambassador of Norway to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
Meeting with the Ambassador of Norway Rune Resaland
On November 9, 2018,... ... diplomat got acquainted with the current RIAC activities in the area of European security and international cooperation in the Arctic. The issues of expanding Russian-Norwegian cooperation through analytical centers and public organizations were discussed....
... intensifying confrontation between the US and Russia. Norway's role in improving the prospect of a successful US nuclear first strike received a fierce response from the Russian Ambassador to Norway, Ramishvili, who predicted there ‘will be no peaceful Arctic anymore’ and Norway would ‘have to face head-on Russia and Russian military might’. A similar warning was issued in November 2011, when President Medvedev announced that to prevent nuclear war, Russia may have to launch a limited military strike to decapitate NATO’s missile defence components when ...
... 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 ... ... implementing joint projects. Transferring international tensions into the Arctic against the background of sanctions may prompt Russia to consider involving non-regional actors, primarily Asian states, in the Arctic cooperation. Under such circumstances,...
... Russian Arctic claim has been filed with the UN Commission on the Limits of Continental Shelf.
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Russia is currently in a difficult position regarding its stance on the Arctic, since all other Arctic states – the United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway – belong to NATO and would not like to see a stronger Russia. Sweden and Finland, the two sub-Arctic countries that hold historical grudges against Russia, support the United States in its desire to internationalize the Arctic Ocean. However, any search for allies on the Arctic would require changes in Russia's approach to Antarctica, whose current ...
... attach heightened importance to effective management of northern fisheries, nuclear security, protection of environment and search and rescue at sea."
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But he also noted that the resumption of full-scale contact would "require changes in Russia's policies." In fact, Norway also has a Western-oriented third set of interests, which has driven the country to joining the anti-Russian sanctions. The underlying reasons not only lie in the longstanding NATO-based alliance with the United States and close economic ties with ...
... states to develop. Nevertheless, unlike Antarctica, which is administrated by the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Arctic region lacks a specific legal framework to regulate states’ activities. In 2008, in the Ilulissat Declaration, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States (the Arctic Fives) rejected the European Parliament’s proposition to create an Arctic treaty, confirming their will to remain committed to the legal framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNLOS) – signed in 1982 and entered ...
... breakthroughs by buying advanced technology patents. Russia should adopt this approach and use the latest 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 ...
... expressed, in particular, in its support of Thorvald Stoltenberg’s idea to create the Arctic mini-NATO. A North-European summit meeting was convened in London in January 2011, attended by representatives of Britain, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Experts identify the strategic objective of the new regional organization as curbing Russia’s military influence in the Arctic
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Canada's position concerning NATO's role in the Arctic is opposed to that of Norway. Canada is wary of possible expansion of influence in the Arctic region of those NATO members that as in the case of Britain are not Arctic states. Experts ...
