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Igor Alexeev

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Igor Alexeev is a Russian journalist and blogger for Asia Times Online, Strategic Culture Foundation and Route Magazine. He writes on the oil and gas sector, Eurasian energy security and shipping industries in the Arctic.

Content by Igor Alexeev

Russia chooses ‘soft’ approach to the Arctic

Recent initiatives in the Arctic Council show that Arctic nations have chosen business as a universal language of rapprochement. Russia’s limited military presence should be viewed as an opportunity to build a safer economic environment without prejudicing the security of anyone.

February 14, 2014

Russia’s Arctic, NATO and Norway: a post- Kirkenes political landscape

Recent NATO’s decision to denounce plans of direct Arctic presence sends a positive signal to all littoral states including Russia, a major regional stakeholder among non-members of the Alliance. Predictable power balance in the High North may open up the possibility of extended economic cooperation between former Cold War rivals. The Arctic ice is melting and business struggle gradually becomes stronger.

June 18, 2013