Explaining Russia’s Relationship with the Arctic Council

Chater, Andrew

doi:10.17323/1996-7845-2016-04-205

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“…While we did not find academic research on this topic about Canada and Russia, there is a recent Communications Security Establishment (CSE) document which identifies how key aspects of the democratic process are vulnerable to cyber attacks and ''related influence operations.'' 9 Meanwhile, Canadian diplomacy with Russia is at an all-time low, although cooperation continues in the Arctic Council, 10 even as it has stalled in the NATO-Russia Council. Of course, trust is also at an all-time low, and with Putin's recent boasting of new nuclear weapons, and the poisoning of a former Russian military intelligence officer in London, diplomacy continues to dramatically deteriorate and is unlikely to change soon.…”

Section: Russian's Intentions Motivations Capabilities and Actionsmentioning

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Canada, NATO, and Global Russia

Jackson

2018

International Journal

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Today Russia poses significant challenges that require sophisticated responses from both Canada and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), yet more research is needed on almost all aspects of policy development. Academic experts on NATO and Russia could contribute significantly to this process. To this end, collaboration and engagement among those experts with each other’s literature would be highly beneficial. Appropriate methodologies must be developed to answer questions about Russia’s specific intentions, test the assumptions upon which NATO and Canada’s policies are founded, and discover and respond to the root causes of Russia’s discontent. Policy options should be based on detailed knowledge of global security dynamics, as well as high-quality analysis about Russia’s rhetoric and its varied use of hard, soft, and sharp soft power in regional and global cases. A research network on these topics could help decision-makers respond to these complex developments by approaching them through “the eyes of our adversaries,” clarifying the big picture of hybrid warfare and also the micro-level details.

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Section: Russian's Intentions Motivations Capabilities and Actionsmentioning

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Canada, NATO, and Global Russia

Jackson

2018

International Journal

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“…Anisimova and Sadriev [41] found that energy consumption management as a constituent of pro-environmental behavior is not typical in the urban population of Russia. Chater [42] considered the positive side of Russian behavior in regard to Arctic environments and, particularly, the country's participation in the Arctic Council. Graves et al [43] realized that the pro-environmental behavior of top managers stimulates the same behavior of employees in Russian companies.…”

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Environmental Concerns of Russian Businesses: Top Company Missions and Climate Change Agenda

Molchanova

Yashalova

Ruban

2020

Climate

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Climate change is on the national agenda of Russia due to this country’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and the expected degree of warming and precipitation increase in its territory. A content analysis of the mission statements of the 100 biggest Russian companies shows that 18.5% of them deal with environmental issues. About half of the companies that declare pro-environmental behavior belong to the energy production and transmission industry. It also is found that more than 30% of all leading hydrocarbon, chemical, and mining companies express environmental concerns in their mission statements. The main environmental priorities declared by the top Russian companies include caring for nature, production ecologization, energy efficiency, and ecological standards. These priorities are related to climate-friendly behavior, but the latter is not stated directly. Direct consideration of climate change in the mission statements of Russian companies is recommended.

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“…Previously, a questionnaire-survey has investigated the former Artic Council members and participants and their views on the Arctic Council being an effective governance system (Kankaanpää and Young, 2012); moreover, a recent dataset study has provided an analysis on stakeholders' participation in AC meetings (Knecht, 2017). However, the Arctic Council development has not been studied over time through minutes from meetings between Senior Arctic Officials (SAO), at least not to the extent done in this study; in order to explain Russia's cooperative commitment in the Arctic Council, SAOs meeting minutes have previously been analyzed during three chosen time periods (Chater, 2016). Nevertheless, meeting minutes have not been investigated altogether, nor linked to patterns of states' role behavior.…”

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“…Initially, the U.S. level of activity was held back within the AC, where one was a reluctant member who constrained the design of the cooperation, and caused some nervousness on behalf of others regarding their level of commitment (Finkler and Kadas, 2016;Pedersen, 2012:153;Nord, 2016b:45). However, during its first chairmanship, 'it yet delivered' (Finkler and Kadas, 2016), and its Arctic awakening started to come about, to reach full levels a few years into the more political phase of the AC development (see also Pedersen, 2012;Chater, 2016). In time for its second chairmanship between 2015 and 2017, the U.S. viewed positively on the AC being the forum to meet the rising issues facing the Arctic, both in terms of number and significance, and perceived itself as an active and constructive part therein (Balton, 2016).…”

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“…See alsoChater (2016), for an overview of project sponsorship, accessed through the SAO reports, where Canada, Norway, Russia, and the U.S. are the most frequent sponsors. However, as pointed out by Chater, the frequency as such does not provide information on the scope of those projects being funded, how extensive these are, i.e., the amount that the particular state has been sponsoring with 53.…”

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State learning and role playing : international environmental cooperation in the Arctic Council

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They say a Greenland shark could live for 400 years. Apparently, the combination of cold Arctic waters and slow motions makes wonders for longevity. While writing this dissertation, one of these fascinating and giant old-timers has hung next to me. Framed, I should say. Having her peeking at me has given a much-needed perspective on time: writing a dissertation takes time, but after all not that much time. (Oh yes, I admit, more than once I have searched high and low for an end in sight.) However, the true reason for the picture on my wall is another, much more important. Imagine, there are sharks currently swimming around that swam already in the preindustrialized era. The speed and the consequences of human-induced climate change are in that comparison even more mind-boggling. For me, writing this dissertation, the Greenland shark has served as a personal memento on just that. And then, all of a sudden, this book was finished. For this, I owe many people a big thank you. First of all, I am grateful to my supervisors, Mikael Spång and Rikard Bengtsson; over the years you have untiringly guided and commented, questioned and suggested, always in a constructive and friendly manner. Mikael, my main supervisor, an additional thanks to you for not only contributing with all your clever thoughts, but for genuinely caring, on different levels, for how the work has proceeded. It has meant a lot to me. A warm thanks to

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Explaining Russia’s Relationship with the Arctic Council

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