News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
15 April 2010
радио-голос, which consistently takes a tough line in these matters, reports that the USA is going to use an air-transit route over the North Pole to Afghanistan. This plan does not take into account the interests of Russia, could potentially use Russian air-space and ‘американские транзитные планы идут в разрез с курсом на... Read More...
30 March 2010
Many agencies have, of course, reported on the visit of Foreign Minister Lavrov to Canada. For the most part, there were few hints of any disagreement or any clue as to what might have been discussed behind closed doors. There was one issue, however, which did seem to emerge: what is the appropriate forum for discussing Arctic issues? риа-новости contextualised the issues... Read More...
16 December 2009
Under the headling ‘the west prepares for struggle in the Arctic’ иноСМИ.ru, a prominent national daily, published a lengthy analysis of the US Navy’s Arctic Road Map (October 2009). The assessment is that the document demonstrates a continuation of George W. Bush’s geostrategic policies – ‘И в самом деле новая американская... Read More...
14 December 2009
Again the question of the rights of passage on the NSR under conditions of global warming appears as the subject of discussion, this time in RUSNORD under the heading ‘Global Warming to ‘Set at odds’ the Countries of the North’ - (admittedly, this is not a very good translation but it captures the literal meaning). According to the author: “Article 234 of... Read More...
1 December 2009
There has for some time been speculation on the Russian side (as noted here) that a sort of creeping militarization of the Arctic would occur. Yesterday, инфох.ru reported on the new Arctic road map prepared by the Pentagon for the USA’s Naval Forces (more details here). Most of the background details are familiar: melting ice, oil and gas reserves, control over shipping... Read More...
26 November 2009
Navy.ru reports on the first steps of the USA into the Arctic international relations of the 21st century with the publication of the Road Map for Future Arctic Operations. The initial stages will be exploratory work done by the US Coastguard and the Navy on the problems of mounting large-scale operations in the Arctic. It is recognized that the USA has not invested in its Arctic fleet. ... Read More...
17 November 2009
время-новости has an article, and this point has been made elsewhere, which argued that that current British plans to expand and modernize the Royal Navy, to include new aircraft carriers and destroyers, are being completed partially with the aim of securing oil and gas supplies in the Arctic. Many Russian agencies noted the recent surfacing, near the north pole, of the USA’s... Read More...
13 November 2009
In his риановости interview Roger Howard is quoted as talking about ’конфликт может быть спровоцирован какими-то неординарными обстоятельствами’, i.e., conflict arising from some kind of unusual circumstances. Although there are problems with Howard’s model and metaphor other sources have... Read More...
20 October 2009
RUSNORD.ru carries an article which contains a strong statement of the geopolitical position and more. The author Denis Danilov argues that events now taking place in the Russian north are a demonstration of a basic principle of geopolitics – ‘сами северяне стали очевидцами практической реализация одного из основных... Read More...
17 October 2009
This report in Ивестия.py raises an awareness of the fundamentals of Russia’s Arctic policy in so far as it relates to the USA. The author argues that, ‘Причем США Конвенцию ООН не ратифицировали – чтобы ничем не стеснять свои притязания’ – i.e., that the reason that the USA has not... Read More...
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