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The rush for the North Pole: a furious start to Russia's Arctic Council chairmanship

Der Kampf um den Nordpol: Russlands furioser Start als Vorsitz des Arktischen Rates
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Paul, Michael

Corporate Editor
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Abstract

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 wa... view more

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)... view less

Keywords
Russia; security policy; international security; geopolitics; Arctic; maritime law; pressure-group politics

Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy

Free Keywords
regionale strategische Konzeption; Sicherheitspolitische Interessen; Internationale Wasserstraße; Sicherung der Seewege

Document language
English

Publication Year
2021

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
4 p.

Series
SWP Comment, 48/2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C48

ISSN
2747-5107

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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