... International Affairs Council.
The issues discusses at the meeting with RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov covered various aspects of Russian-American relations, namely Russian-American cooperation in the Arctic and the future of the Arctic Council, in the first pace; global and regional security problems; the role of the US Congress in shaping US policy toward Russia.
The Russian participants briefed the American guests on the projects of the Russian ...
... experts endorsed the course for the development of bilateral cooperation in the Bering Strait to reduce the chances of emergency situations and raise the level of navigation safety. There is no doubt that сooperation between Russia and the U.S. in the Arctic as a whole and in the Bering Strait in particular benefits both sides, and is vital due to climate change which is expected to boost maritime economic activities.
The Bering Strait is not only a key watershed between Asia (Cape Dezhnev in Russian ...
Domestic Aspects of Developing U.S. Arctic Resources
With Alaska and adjacent seas increasingly attracting everybody's attention because of their vast resources, many wonder how Washington will combine their development with preserving Alaska's unique social and ecological system – ...
... Medvedev to Argentina
on April 14-15, 2010.
Since 2010, Russia has not been active on the Antarctic track, and on September 8, 2012 it signed the
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Antarctic
with the United States to signify its partial refusal to consult on the Antarctic with the Latin American states. Meanwhile, the Antarctic may serve for Moscow for a tradeoff during any discussion on division of the Arctic.
Trading off
Wikipedia.org
Antarctic claims — British stamp
In the current global environment, an ...
... the vast majority of experts involved in studying Arctic issues were unanimous in their opinion that the potential for conflict, let alone the threat of direct military confrontation in the region, was very insignificant, as all the countries of the Arctic Five (Russia, USA, Canada, Norway, Denmark) were interested in the prioritized development of cooperation. Nevertheless, it was widely recognized that despite little if any possibility of growing tension in the Arctic on its own account, other non-regional conflicts ...
... everyday Americans citizens of their country’s “Arctic status”.
In any case, the chairmanship offers the United States a unique opportunity to assert itself as one of the key Arctic players.
Thus as it takes on the chairmanship of the Arctic Council the USA will have to make a strategic choice. It can pursue a policy aimed at maintaining the Arctic’s status as a zone of cooperation, which in turn will require close cooperation with Russia. In this case Washington may act as the leader of a process ...
... these problems? Professor
Vincent F.Gallucci
, director for the Centre for Canadian Arctic studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, Fishery’s science and policy expert shares his views with RIAC.
In April 2015 the chairmanship of the Arctic Council goes to the USA. What are the main difficulties the U.S. is likely to face? How does the USA account for the climate change program in the Arctic region?
The U.S. views climate change as a major problem both in the Arctic and outside it. It is true that the U.S. ...
On January 20-21, the Norwegian city of Tromsø once again was the venue for the international conference "Arctic Frontiers 2015" devoted to development issues in the Arctic region. With relations between Russia and the West at a low point due to the Ukraine crisis, questions arise if their future cooperation in the Arctic can be made possible in a full-fledged ...
... Igor Ivanov, Director General Andrey Kortunov, Program Manager Natalia Yevtikhevich and MGIMO-University Professor Andrey Zagorsky visited the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.
The agenda included the presentation of the Arctic research project by its manager Dr. Zagorsky, followed by business lunch with the CSIS leaders including CSIS Counselor and Trustee Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser to President Carter. Alongside cooperation on the Arctic project,...
Interview
We asked
David Benton
of the US Arctic Research Commission to comment on international cooperation in the North-Pacific, and to give his perspective on international activities in the Arctic.
What are the mechanisms currently regulating fisheries in the North Pacific? Do you find them ...
