The rush for the North Pole: a furious start to Russia's Arctic Council chairmanship
Russia assumed the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council at the 12th Ministerial in Reykjavik, on 20 May 2021. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described his first meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the previous day as "constructive". Two days before the meeting, however,...
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ftssoar:oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/76130 2023-05-15T14:30:44+02:00 The rush for the North Pole: a furious start to Russia's Arctic Council chairmanship Paul, Michael Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit 2021-12-08T08:23:17Z https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/76130 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76130-7 https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C48 unknown DEU Berlin 2747-5107 https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/76130 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76130-7 https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C48 Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications 48/2021 SWP Comment 4 Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Political science International relations regionale strategische Konzeption Sicherheitspolitische Interessen Internationale Wasserstraße Sicherung der Seewege Friedens- und Konfliktforschung Sicherheitspolitik Entwicklungspolitik Peace and Conflict Research International Conflicts Security Policy International Politics Foreign Affairs Development Policy Russland internationale Sicherheit Geopolitik Nordpolargebiet Seerecht Interessenpolitik Russia international security geopolitics Arctic maritime law pressure-group politics 10500 Stellungnahme comment 2021 ftssoar https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C48 2022-12-13T22:07:14Z Russia assumed the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council at the 12th Ministerial in Reykjavik, on 20 May 2021. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described his first meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the previous day as "constructive". Two days before the meeting, however, Lavrov warned the West against encroaching in the Arctic: "It has been absolutely clear for everyone for a long time that this is our territory." But what exactly did he mean? The polar region claimed by Russia in its March 2021 submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf? Or the ongoing disputes over the Northern Sea Route? Moscow is working to fortify its positions in the Arctic through a combination of aggressive rhetoric and offers of dialogue, in another example of its ambivalent policy mix of security and cooperation. (author's abstract) Other/Unknown Material Arctic Council Arctic Nordpol* North Pole Northern Sea Route SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository Arctic North Pole Russland |
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Russia assumed the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council at the 12th Ministerial in Reykjavik, on 20 May 2021. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described his first meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the previous day as "constructive". Two days before the meeting, however, Lavrov warned the West against encroaching in the Arctic: "It has been absolutely clear for everyone for a long time that this is our territory." But what exactly did he mean? The polar region claimed by Russia in its March 2021 submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf? Or the ongoing disputes over the Northern Sea Route? Moscow is working to fortify its positions in the Arctic through a combination of aggressive rhetoric and offers of dialogue, in another example of its ambivalent policy mix of security and cooperation. (author's abstract) |
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The rush for the North Pole: a furious start to Russia's Arctic Council chairmanship |
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