Can the Arctic Council survive Russia’s war in Ukraine? Not without Russia, says Arctic Council expert Svein Vigeland Rottem. ”Russia is, and has always been, a constructive member of the Council,” assures Norway´s Senior Arctic Official Solveig Rossebø.
“It is easy to argue that the survival of the Arctic Council is in danger. However, it is still functioning partly”, says researcher Svein Vigeland Rottem at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute during a panel debate at the Arctic Frontier conference in Tromsø, Northern Norway.
Since February 2022, the future of the Arctic Council has been under great international scrutiny.
The cooled relations between Russia and the West have affected the Council greatly since the 7 Western Arctic states paused all official work within the Council until Norway took over leadership of the Council last May. Läs artikel