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

Zusammenfassung: 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

Alternative title
Der Kampf um den Nordpol
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
1 Online-Ressource (4 Seiten)
Language
Englisch
Notes
"English version of SWP-Aktuell 47/2021"

Bibliographic citation
SWP comment ; 2021, no. 48 (August 2021)
SWP comment ; 2021, no. 48 (August 2021)

Classification
Politik
Keyword
Arktis

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(who)
SWP
(when)
[August 2021]
Creator
Paul, Michael
Contributor

DOI
10.18449/2021C48
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023062209364092137468
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