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The Russia-Canada Vector On July 1 Canadians celebrate Canada Day, their main national holiday commemorating the British North America Act signed on July 1, 1867 establishing the British Dominion of Canada. On this day, people often say that Canada has too much ...
Alexander Vylegzhanin, Alexander Sergunin, Valeriy Konyshev and Pavel Gudev On April 15, 2014 Canada said it would boycott an upcoming meeting of the Arctic Council in Moscow. Minister Leona Aglukkaq said the decision was part of the sanctions imposed by Canada on Russia because of the events in Ukraine. RIAC experts Alexander Vylegzhanin (MGIMO),...
... associate director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. He has researched extensively on Arctic policy and defense. He doesn’t rule out the possibility of escalating tensions in the Arctic. The latest news of Canada’s boycott of the Arctic Council meeting in Moscow confirms this picture. Relations with Russia have reached a level of tension without precedents. Still, the Arctic is considered as one of the most fruitful field of international cooperation....
... Carleton University in partnership with the Oxford Analytica group and DFATD Policy Research Division . Canadian, American and Russian experts focused on prospects of Russia's economy, social dynamics and foreign policy, as well as Ukraine crisis, Russia-Canada cooperation, and international interaction in development of the Arctic. The Canadian side was represented by think-tanks’ research fellows and analysts specializing on Russia. RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov addressed the meeting ...
... growing economy with more minerals and open new shipping lanes through Arctic waters. From the point of view of international law the Arctic has a special legal status: it is a polar region to the north of the Arctic Circle. Geographically parts of Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, the United States, Sweden, Finland and Iceland lie in the Arctic, although Finland and Sweden do not have an Arctic coast. Offshore territories of these states are limited to 12 nautical miles of territorial ...
... the North-Atlantic Treaty but also have a stake in the region. An indication of the priority of national interests in the positions of NATO member countries is long-standing territorial differences between Denmark and the U.S.A., on the one hand, and Canada, on the other. In the case of the United States, this concerns the Beaufort Sea, with Alaska and the Yukon Territory both laying claim to it. Denmark and Canada are locked in a dispute over the rights to the Hans (Eastern) Island. Although the ...
Can Canada and Russia cooperate in the Arctic? The issue of potential partners and allies both in the world and in the strategically important Arctic region stands crucial in Russia’s contemporary foreign policy. Is there any chance of finding such ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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