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India Seeks Arctic Partnerships with Like-Minded Nations

... Arctic as such. Every country that is part of the Arctic “club”, the Artic Council, says that they have sovereign national stake in terms of ground which they own. Canada is one of the biggest claimers, but Scandinavian countries, Iceland, Finland, Russia, the U.S. are on the list as well. India feels that China, without having any physical claim in the Arctic, is trying to play a greater role. There is the Arctic Council, where India and China are observer states. So, we want to play a greater role in the Arctic because it beautifully links the international community. One of the developments that Russia is pushing for today is to build roads in Siberia ...

29.02.2024

interview

A Suspended Arctic Council: New Hope with Norway’s Chairmanship

.... [ 7 ] All these existing mechanisms are positive acknowledgements with a hope to what Norway, with its upcoming leadership role in the Council, could further achieve in the region. Current Challenges Luiza Brodt: Increased Asian engagement in the Arctic and Russia-India cooperation in the region In the last two years, the Arctic Council under Russian chairmanship has failed to meet its desired objective. There are multiple reasons associated with this, the primary being the termination of every form of western cooperation and Council meeting boycotts of Russia’s chairmanship....

02.03.2023

expert column

Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)