The Arctic Council: transition of chairmanship from the US to Finland, further strengthening of Russian-Finnish cooperation

• Published in: Arctic and North
• Main Author: Valeriy P. Zhuravel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2017
• Subjects: The Arctic Council; the Arctic; Russia; Canada; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; Northern Sea Route; ice-breaker fleet; scientific research; national security; scipo; droit; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Breaker; Fairbanks; Arctic Council; Law of the Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2017.28.24; https://narfu.ru/upload/iblock/a5f/02_Zhuravel.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/a6e40de7d7c540ba9996a4a22111e952

The article deals with the results of the 2 years of the US chairmanship of the Arctic Council, notes positive results and draws attention to the weak points of the US Arctic policy. It reveals that the US has chaired the AC to solve its own problems related to the Arctic. The authors also analyze t...