“The Arctic Council: future scenarios for the international forum”

What is the importance of the Arctic Council in resolution of today&problems? The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and the Information and Analytics Center of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) held an online round-table discussion on the topic “The Arctic Council: future scenarios for the international forum.” 00:00 Official opening 02:36 Nikolay Korchunov, Ambassador at Large for the Arctic Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation (Russia) 11:20 Pavel Devyatkin, Research Associate and Leadership Group member at the Arctic Institute (USA) 15:27 Nikolay Doronin, Chairman of the Board of the PORA (Russia) 26:11 Lassi Heininen, Editor of Arctic Yearbook (Finland) 36:35 Yang Cheng, Professor at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) and Executive President of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies (China) 47:48 KM Seethi, Senior Fellow and Director of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Inter University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension (IUCSSRE) and Academic Advisor to the International Centre for Polar Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, India 1:00:40 Integration of indigenous peoples in the Arctic Council&agenda 1:11:00 Channels of military communication and de-escalation 1:15:49 The voice of the indigenous peoples of the North in Russia 1:21:40 Benefits for Russia from transit through the Northern Sea Route 1:24:21 Conclusion The...