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Upcoming Russian Arctic Council Chairmanship: Priorities and Implications for the High North. / Sergunin, Alexander .

In: RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST, No. 269, 2021, p. 5-7.

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title = "Upcoming Russian Arctic Council Chairmanship: Priorities and Implications for the High North",
abstract = "This study aims to examine Russia{\textquoteright}s policy priorities for its chairmanship in the Arctic Council and the possible implications thereof for the region. The author argues that Russia{\textquoteright}s Arctic Council presidential agendawill likely include the following priorities: climate change action; sustainable development; social cohesiveness and connectivity in the region; indigenous peoples; conservation of biodiversity; science diplomacy;and partial institutional reform of the Council. Moscow will not, however, renew its earlier efforts to transform the Council from an intergovernmental forum into a full-fledged international organization and introduce military security issues to the Council{\textquoteright}s agenda. Russia{\textquoteright}s chairmanship will likely strengthen the ArcticCouncil{\textquoteright}s role in asserting regional stewardship by responding to the challenges of a rapidly changing Arctic",
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