The XIII International Forum

December 7-8, 2023, St.Petersburg

Arctic: today and the future

HISTORY: 2017 - VII INTERNATIONAL FORUM «ARCTIC: THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE»

Information about report: International cooperation in the Arctic: creating a reliable future

Panel session

International cooperation in the Arctic: creating a reliable future

Project*

 


In recent years, the Arctic has increasingly attracted the attention of the world community. Not only the polar countries are interested in it, but also far beyond their borders counties too. The economic and political interests of Russia, other Arctic states, and also a number of countries of the European Union and the Pacific region are closely intertwined in this region.

Intense activity in the field of mining and processing of minerals gives new impetus to a multitude of projects in the field of transport, ecology, and security that are unfolding in the macroregion.

Competition between major players is growing, but national interests in the Arctic, including Russian ones, can be fully realized only if there is close cooperation and interaction with partners in the region.

An important tool for the development of international cooperation and the preservation of peace and cooperation in the Arctic is Russia's participation in the work of the institutions of international partnership, and also cooperation in the implementation of major infrastructure projects.

Issues for discussion:

  • Russia's participation in the activities of the Arctic Council and other institutions of international partnership in the Arctic
  • International business projects in the Arctic region
  • Ensuring security in the development of the Arctic
  • Cooperation in the field of sustainable development of the Arctic
  • Cross-border cooperation of Russian regions within the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation with Arctic countries
  • The Arctic agenda of "third countries"
  • Russian presence on Spitsbergen

Moderator:

ALEKSANDR IGNATEV

Chief Editor of a Journal “Arctic Herald”

Disputants:

VLADIMIR BARBIN

Ambassador of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

SERGEI PETROVICH

Deputy Director of the Second European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF

ELENA TIKHONOVA

Minister of the Economic Development of the Murmansk Region

GILLES BRETON

Chairman of the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association

S. SMIDT

Special Advisor of the Arctic and North America Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

DAG MALMER HALVORSEN

General Consul of Norway in Saint Petersburg

ALEKSANDR PILIASOV

Director of the Economy of the North and Arctic Center of the Council for the Study of Production Forces

TIMUR MAKHMUTOV

Deputy Programme Director of Russian Council on International Affairs

ANDREI MINEEV

Research officer of the Development of Business in the Northern Regions Center of the Northern University (Norway)

 

* Changes in the draft program are possible