Is Russia’s Arctic policy developing in a more confrontational direction? Or will it remain conducive to constructive cooperation with other states in the region, thus preserving the Arctic as a distinct policy field characterized by more cooperative and less confrontational approach? These are among the questions NUPI’s new NORRUSS-funded project “Can cooperative Russian and Western Arctic policies survive the current crisis in Russian-Western relations?” will seek to address. The seminar serves as a launch of the new project and a stock-taking of the current status in Russian Arctic policy.
09 June 2016
11:00 Europe/OsloNUPI
Language: English
Russia and the future of Arctic cooperation
The seminar will present the new NUPI project CANARCT – Can cooperative Russian and Western Arctic policies survive the current crisis in Russian-Western relations?
Programme:
11:00–11:15 Can cooperative Russian and Western Arctic policies survive the current crisis in Russian-Western relations? Presentation of the CANARCT project, Research Professor Jakub M. Godzimirski,NUPI
11:15–11:35 Domestic sources of Russian Arctic policy, Professor Alexander Sergunin, St Petersburg State University
11:35–11:55 The Arctic in Russia’s strategic designs – long-lines in Russian Arctic policy, Professor Pavel Baev, Peace Research Institute in Oslo
11:55–12:30 Q&A session
You can follow the seminar directly on YouTube:
Main speakers
Pavel Baev
Professor, PRIO
Alexander Sergunin
Professor, St Petersburg State University
title.event.coordinator
Julie Wilhelmsen
Research Professor, Head of the Research group on Russia, Asia and International Trade