India’s G20 Presidency: Opportunity to Resume Engagement in the Arctic. Photo: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses On 24 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launching of a “special military operation” in Ukraine. In protest against Russia’s actions, on 3 March 2022, seven 1) (A7) of the eight members of the Arctic Council (AC), announced a historic suspension of participation in all activities of the council. 2) This was followed on the same day by the Nordic Council of Ministers. 3) This unprecedented step, taken for the first time since the formation of AC in 1996, came at the time of Russia’s presidency, for the period 2021–2023. Immediately thereafter, on 4 March 2022, the European Commission and the Barents Euro-Arctic Councl 4) (BEAC) suspended cooperation with Russia in research, science, and innovation. 5) The United States, on 11 June 2022, decided to “wind down institutional, administrative, funding, and personnel relationships and research collaborations in the fields of science and technology with Russian government-affiliated research institutions and individuals”. 6) Moreover, Finland and Sweden, both AC members, submitted applications for NATO membership in May 2022. This could lead to an eventual AC comprising Russia pitted against seven […]
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