The Baltic is an absolute sphere of Russian interests, and the Russian Federation will actively resist all attempts by the ...

A little-discussed casualty of the war in Ukraine has been the Arctic Council, a 26-year-old body that is supposed to be the main diplomatic forum for Arctic nations to collaborate on shared goals ...

WASHINGTON/LONDON/OSLO, May 9 (Reuters) - For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold War cooperation. Its eight members, including Russia and the ...

On Thursday, Norway took over the Arctic Council chairmanship from Russia, which had presided over the region’s most important multilateral body for the p Saturday, June 28, 2025 Eye on the Arctic ...

The council’s mandate is to work collaboratively with Arctic nations, Indigenous communities and increasingly engaged observer states — like China — on polar issues affecting the entire world.

In March 2022, seven western members of the Arctic Council which doesn’t deal with security issues but makes binding agreements on environmental protection and gives a voice to the Indigenous ...

Even before launching its war with Ukraine in February, Russia had taken a more aggressive approach in the region than its other fellow Arctic Council members — the U.S., Canada, Denmark ...

Far to the north, the war in Ukraine has had a profound effect on Arctic security and diplomacy, causing a rift within the Arctic Council as its seven democratic member states boycotted Russia’s ...

Arctic Council activities paused in March of 2022, when seven of the eight member nations decided that business could not continue as usual given Russia’s actions in Ukraine. A partial ...

For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold War cooperation. Its eight members, including Russia and the United States, have worked together on climate ...