The Interests of China and Russia in the Arctic Region

Описание: The Arctic is a very fragile region. However, it is also an area of great power competition with Russia being an Arctic military superpower and China widening and deepening its role and seeking recognition as a Polar stakeholder.

The implications of this competition but also Sino-Russia cooperation for the Nordic and Baltic countries was the focus of the first webinar/seminar of the new research project “Nordic-Baltic Connectivity with Asia via the Arctic” on 10 November 2020.

Introduction and welcome:
KRISTI RAIK, Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS
BART GAENS, Project Director CUSPP at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
ELISABETH BAUER, Head of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung office for the Baltic states

Speakers:
MARC LANTEIGNE, Associate Professor at the Arctic University of Norway
PAVEL K. BAEV, Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo
AKI TONAMI, Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba
FRANK JÜRIS, Junior Research Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS
Moderated by KRISTI RAIK, Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS

The project is managed by the Estonian Foregin Policy Institute at the ICDS together with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

Find out more: https://efpi.icds.ee/new-project-nord...