... climate change concerns are increasingly aligned with traditional foreign policy priorities, international climate negotiations are developing into an even more prominent diplomatic platform.
After prolonged tensions in relations between Russia and the West amid the situation in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions, 2015 climate summit is an outstanding chance for Russia to reengage with the European Union and the United States. Sound and careful diplomacy together with a pledge to develop a more scrupulous ...
... provocative actions like this accompanied the work of Arctic Council bodies through the whole of the past year.
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Pavel Gudev:
Arctic Uncertainty
In the context of the profound crisis in relations between Russia and the West there is a great temptation to blame the absence of new agreements on the unconstructive approach of the western countries. But the successes and failures of the Arctic Council should be assessed primarily on the basis of the expectations that its ...
A response to “Unraveling the Enigma: Western Expert Community Seeks to Explain Russian Policy” by Dr. Igor Istomin
Climate change and environmental disasters are already challenging the traditional paradigms of constructivism, liberalism and realism. With respect to Dr. Istomin, Ukraine ...
