Russia’s Icebreakers, North Sea Route, and Invasion of Ukraine
Even before Soviet times, Russian icebreakers were considered one of the country’s main strengths in the Arctic. As Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov put it over a century ago in 1897,…
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The Arctic as a Test for a “Stable and Predictable” Russia
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Two events of major import for Russia’s foreign policymaking occurred in quick sequence in the middle of this pandemically perturbed year of 2021. On May 20,…
Will Russia Put China’s Arctic Ambitions on Ice?
(China’s Resource Risks) Despite its enthusiasm, China’s efforts to become a key voice in Arctic affairs have been met with skepticism, even alarm by Arctic states, and few of its…
PONARS Eurasia Online Academy: Russia’s Policy in the Arctic
Authored by Marlene Laruelle and featuring Mathieu Boulègue, “Russia’s Policy in the Arctic” is an educational video in a new series designed to provide succinct overviews of policy-relevant research and…
The Pandemic in the Arctic: Common Challenges from Juneau to Murmansk
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In addition to the obvious healthcare and economic challenges that COVID-19 presents to city governments in the Arctic region, it is also a communications and governance…
Measuring the sustainability of Russia’s Arctic cities
(Ambio) Abstract: How sustainable are Russia’s Arctic cities? Russia’s far north metropolises are distinctive from other Arctic cities in terms of their large size, efforts to conquer nature, and big business’…
Orttung: Arctic states can give themselves high marks for having negotiated an agreement preventing unregulated commercial fishing
(High North News) Policy makers were equally busy. The US announced that it would be withdrawing 700 American troops deployed in Norway. Working to build its own Arctic capacities, Moscow will surely…
Wishnick: It’s going to be a mixed picture with a deepening Russia-China partnership as a whole
(Business Insider) China’s first domestically built icebreaker left this month for its first trip to the Arctic, a few days after President Donald Trump said the US was pursuing as many…
Urban Sustainability in the Arctic: Measuring Progress in Circumpolar Cities
(Berghahn Books) Urban Sustainability in the Arctic advances our understanding of cities in the far north by applying elements of the international standard for urban sustainability (ISO 37120) to numerous Arctic cities.…
Russia’s Arctic Policy: A Power Strategy and Its Limits
(IFRI) Despite the deterioration of its relations with the West and economic stagnation limiting its room for maneuver, Russia continues to have an ambitious policy for the Arctic region. Moscow sees the…