scholarly journals Russia on the Northern Sea Route: Having the Cake and Eating It Too?

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
A. Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Additional Layer ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms ◽  
Special Responsibility

Today Russia implements two different approaches to managing the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The first one entails signaling openness for international cooperation, foreign investments and cargo with the aim to develop the NSR into a globally competitive maritime route. Such approach is evident both from the statements of the high-ranking Russian officials and the strategic documents dedicated to the Arctic region. The other pattern is reflected in Russia’s willingness to impose limitations on foreign shipping on the Route. In addition to the permission-based national regime for navigation on the NSR, since 2018, Russia has ruled out certain maritime activities on the Route carried out by vessels flying non-Russian flags. Further measures for ships built outside Russia, as well as foreign warships, are being discussed. Taken together, these trends could lead to a suggestion that Russia sees the future development of the Northern Sea Route in attracting foreign investments and cargo, but not the vessels. However, additional layer of inconsistency emerges in Moscow’s attempts to justify the harsh national permission-based regime and national measures aimed at limiting foreign shipping on the NSR. The main argument by the Russian authorities is the special responsibility of the coastal state for the safety of navigation and protection of the marine environment. Yet, the practice indicates that the state is sometimes reluctant to keep high environmental and safety standards – both due to the lack of efficient law enforcement mechanisms and possible unwillingness to challenge the economic development of the region. The article concludes with the suggestion that Russia will need to more clearly decide the future course of development for the NSR and adjust the navigation regime and law enforcement mechanisms accordingly.

scholarly journals The nuclear icebreaker fleet of Russia in the first quarter of the XXI century. Challenges and prospects for the development of the Northern Sea Route

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-25
Author(s):  
Ю.Л. Бордученко ◽  
И.Г. Малыгин ◽  
В.Ю. Каминский ◽  
В.А. Аксенов
Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The North ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Current State ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Transport Problems

Арктическая зона в XXI веке становится важнейшим гарантом устойчивого развития Российской Федерации. Вклад Севера в экономику России во многом будет определяться масштабами и темпами развития Арктической транспортной системы. Необходимо расширение коммерческого и научно-исследовательского судоходства, развитие транспортных узлов и коридоров, полярной авиации, грузопассажирских морских полярных перевозок. В этих условиях Россия в целях обеспечения своих геополитических интересов должна постоянно поддерживать активное присутствие в этом регионе. Оно выражается в проведении научных исследований, разведке и добыче полезных ископаемых, обеспечении морских грузоперевозок с использованием ледоколов и специализированных ледокольно-транспортных судов. Этого невозможно достичь без развития уникального атомного ледокольного флота. В настоящее время Россия является мировым лидером в области применения атомного ледокольного флота для решения транспортных задач в морях Арктики и неарктических замерзающих морях. Для успешной конкуренции России необходимо не упускать этого лидерства и постоянно развивать и совершенствовать атомный ледокольный флот как ключевое звено инфраструктуры функционирования Северного морского пути. В статье представлен краткий обзор текущего состояния и перспектив развития атомного ледокольного флота России. Показана определяющая роль атомного ледокольного флота в обеспечении судоходства по трассам Северного морского пути для развития экономики Арктического региона России. The Arctic zone in the XXI century is becoming the most important guarantor of the sustainable development of the Russian Federation. The contribution of the North to the Russian economy will largely be determined by the scale and pace of development of the Arctic Transport System. It is necessary to expand commercial and research shipping, develop transport hubs and corridors, polar aviation, and cargo and passenger sea polar transportation. In these circumstances, Russia must constantly maintain an active presence in this region in order to ensure its geopolitical interests. It is expressed in conducting scientific research, exploration and extraction of minerals, providing sea cargo transportation using icebreakers and specialized icebreaker-transport vessels. This cannot be achieved without the development of a unique nuclear icebreaker fleet. Currently, Russia is a world leader in the use of nuclear-powered icebreaking fleet for solving transport problems in the Arctic seas and non-Arctic freezing seas. For successful competition, Russia must not lose this leadership, constantly develop and improve the nuclear icebreaker fleet as a key link in the infrastructure of the Northern Sea Route. The article provides a brief overview of the current state and prospects for the development of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet. The article shows the decisive role of the nuclear icebreaker fleet in ensuring navigation along the Northern Sea Route for the development of the economy of the Arctic region of Russia.

scholarly journals The Northern Sea Route: The Need and Prospects for Transit of Raw Materials

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
Aleksey Mikhailovich Khorev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Current State ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Arctic Region

The prospects and problems of using the Northern sea route for transportation of raw materials are examined. The author makes an attempt to study the current state of the Northern sea route as the most important transport corridor of the Arctic region, and analyzes the existing problems that reduce the economic efficiency of cargo transit along the NSR. The ways to improve the efficiency of transportation of raw materials along the Northern sea route are reviewed. The author assesses the importance of the Arctic region for the Russian Federation as a whole, as well as he points out the need for its development in the near future.

scholarly journals The Northern Sea Route in Political and Economic Frame of Reference in the 17th and Early 20th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-278
Author(s):  
Alena Raspopina
Keyword(s):  
Polar Region ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Transport Channel ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
North Polar

The article considers the influence of economic and political factors on development of the state policy on the Northern Sea Route and its effective use. The success that Russia reached in the foreign policy, has determined the cautiousness or openness of its actions in the Arctic Seas. The article briefly describes the navigational and hydrographical traffic conditions in the Arctic Seas, the dangerous areas for sailing are noted in the text, as well as the new attempts that Russia made to establish navigation in the area. The intense activity in the North Polar Region, including research activity, was determined by economic interests, such as opportunities for maritime trade and transport routes development, as well as political interests, which include defense of own territories and development of new lands. The research is based on valuable sources of information on the North Polar Region, one of which is European and Russian geographical maps of the18th and 19th centuries, which managed to cover many blank spots, that resulted in delineating a clearer Arctic shoreline of Russia. Although the Northern Sea Route could hardly become a major transport channel due to the severe natural conditions, Russia tried to sustain its influence and defend its territories, especially when real threats to its national interests in the Arctic region arose.

Fractal Economy of Arctic

2013 ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
M. Slipenchuk
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
Northwest Passage ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Status

In recent decades Arctic attracts the attention of a growing number of states. For effective international cooperation it is necessary to undertake several important steps, including legal work and adoption of documents regulating the statuses and activities of state in Arctic region. It is also needed to undertake a delimitation of sea spaces in the Arctic Ocean, to determine the measures for providing environmental safety in the regions, to reach international agreement on the status of the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage, to establish an innovation hub clusters and several others.

scholarly journals COMPETITIVENESS OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3/2020) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
A. B. Nikolaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
National Level ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Competitive Capabilities ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
International Transport ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Near Future

The Arctic region, including the Russian Arctic and the Northern Sea Route (NSR), is currently characterized by an increased interest of many countries of the world and international business circles. For Russia the need to develop the Arctic is indisputable, and the NSRis the basis for development of the region. In addition, the region possesses a unique transport and logistics potential. It is believed that in the future it will connect the largest markets in Asia, Europe and North America with maritime transport corridors. Climatic changes and melting of ice are increasingly opening up the NSRfor navigation, and this leads to an increase in the attractiveness of this route. At the national level, the task is todevelop possibilities for turning the NSRinto an international transport corridor, similar to the Suez Canal. However, the transit potential of the NSR is not obvious. The article is aimed to determine the competitive capabilities of the NSRand assessits transit potential in the near future. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to identify strengths and weaknesses when using NSR, to conduct a comparative analysis of the known international routes (the Suez Canal) and this route, and to reveal prospects for the transit potential of the NSR, identifying the most likely potential transit transport participant —China.As a result of the study, it was concluded that in the near future the NSR will not compete with the Suez Canal and other international routes, but will be in demand as a national transport artery for transporting extracted oil and gas resources from the fields in the Arctic part of Russia. As to the transformation of the NSR into an international transport corridor, it will take huge financial and time resources, also Russia may have to sacrifice its strategic and geopolitical interests in the Arctic, which is currently unacceptable.

scholarly journals Automated network for collection of data on technical condition of navigation equipment at meteorological communication radio lines in the Arctic

2020 ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
В.Л. Мартынов ◽  
И.О. Щербакова ◽  
С.В. Воронин
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Radio Lines ◽  
Automatic Data ◽  
Strategy Of Development ◽  
Northern Sea Route

В соответствии с государственной стратегией по освоению северных территорий вопросы, связанные с обеспечением безопасности функционирования Северного морского пути, определяют одно из новых актуальных направлений для проведения научных исследований. Известно, что организация транспортно-технологического процесса в арктическом регионе при наличии тяжелых гидрометеорологических условиях не возможна без новейших систем передачи информационных данных на большие расстояния. В статье приводятся предложения по организации сбора информационных данных с удаленных объектов, расположенных в труднодоступных районах Арктики, для обеспечения нормального функционирования системы управления движением судов в указанном регионе. Для решения задачи осуществления дистанционного мониторинга работоспособности технических средств навигационного оборудования предложено использовать автоматическую передачу данных по радиолиниям метеорной связи, охватывающих всю трассу Северного морского пути. В качестве одного из методов увеличения пропускной способности сети метеорной связи, что дает возможность повысить ее эффективность и одновременно расширить функциональные возможности, рекомендовано применить адаптацию вида манипуляции к уровню мощности сигнала на входе приемного устройства. In accordance with the state strategy of development of Northern territories, the issues related to the safe operation of the Northern sea route define one of the new topical areas for research. It is known that the organization of transport-technological process in the Arctic region in the presence of severe hydrometeorological conditions is not possible without advanced systems of information data transmission over long distances. The article presents suggestions for organizing the collection of information from remote sites located in remote areas of the Arctic to ensure the normal functioning of vessel traffic management in the region. To solve the problem of the remote monitoring of the technical means of navigation performance it is proposed to use automatic data transfer via radio links of meteor communications, covering the whole Northern sea route. As one of the methods for increasing bandwidth capacity network of meteor communications, which gives the opportunity to increase its efficiency and at the same time to extend the functionality, it is recommended to use adaptation of the kind of manipulation to the power level of the input signal of the receiver.

scholarly journals Arctic Strategies of China and Russia: Similarities and Differences

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pecheritsa
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Hydrocarbon Extraction

The interest of People’s Republic of China in the Arctic has been growing since late XX century. At present, it is translated into a number of projects of PRC jointly with Russia, exactly, in hydrocarbon extraction, use of the Northern Sea Route, investigation of climatic and ecological problems of the Arctic. At the same time, PRC is striving to play a more significant role in solving the Arctic issues, so in the future one should expect its active involvement in Arctic activities in all directions.

scholarly journals Analysing the Future of International Criminal Justice in Africa: A Focus on the ICC

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-122
Author(s):  
Emily Ngolo
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal Justice ◽  
African Union ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms

The International Criminal Court has generally a bad reputation in the African continent as a whole with hostile assertions by the African Union, that the court is nothing but a political tool for the powerful. The Court, plagued with numerous difficulties, has come under pressure to perform, with some doubting its viability. Created by the Rome Statute, and the parties therein governed by general treaty law, enforcement mechanisms of the court have been unsatisfactory at best and this has led to questions being asked as to its survival. There exists a pool of divergent views, in regard to the African Union and the International Criminal Court, in many of the crucial areas of international criminal justice. This paper seeks to find out just how true is the claim that the ICC is ‘dead’ is, and the implications of this in the future of the continent as regards international criminal justice. How important is it for us to preserve international criminal justice? Just how much of a role do states play in this revered area of law? Is its legal viability coming to an unfortunate premature end? What does this mean, then, for the victims of mass atrocities? This paper seeks to show an interplay of the role of states and politics in international criminal justice, and determine then, whether there exists any bright future for this area of law in Africa.

Anticipating the Arctic and the Arctic Council: pre-emption, precaution and preparedness

Polar Record ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus J. Dodds
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
The Future ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Arctic Region

ABSTRACTThis paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about the novelty of change per se, there is a need for further debate about how the ‘future’ is imagined and put into practice. Exploring different logics, including precaution, pre-emption and preparedness, consideration is offered on how the AC attempts to anticipate the future. The contentious role of observers is investigated by way of an example, and it is concluded that there is more work to be done in terms of how different futures are assembled, mobilised and put into practice.

scholarly journals Looking back to the future—micro- and nanoplankton diversity in the Greenland Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Olofsson ◽  
Angela Wulff
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Shannon Index ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Species Number ◽  
Greenland Sea ◽  
Species Numbers ◽  
The Future

AbstractAnthropogenic perturbations and climate change are severely threatening habitats of the global ocean, especially in the Arctic region, which is affected faster than any other ecosystem. Despite its importance and prevailing threats, knowledge on changes in its micro- and nanoplanktonic diversity is still highly limited. Here, we look back almost two decades (May 1–26, 2002) in order to expand the limited but necessary baseline for comparative field observations. Using light microscopy, a total of 196 species (taxa) were observed in 46 stations across 9 transects in the Greenland Sea. Although the number of observed species per sample ranged from 12 to 68, the diversity as effective species numbers (based on Shannon index) varied from 1.0 to 8.8, leaving about 88% as rare species, which is an important factor for the resilience of an ecosystem. Interestingly, the station with the overall highest species number had among the lowest effective species numbers. During the field survey, both number of rare species and species diversity increased with decreasing latitude. In the southern part of the examined region, we observed indications of an under-ice bloom with a chlorophyll a value of 9.9 μg l−1 together with a nitrate concentration < 0.1 μM. Further, we recorded non-native species including the Pacific diatom Neodenticula seminae and the fish-kill associated diatom Leptocylindrus minimus. Our comprehensive dataset of micro- and nanoplanktonic diversity can be used for comparisons with more recent observations and continuous monitoring of this vulnerable environment—to learn from the past when looking towards the future.

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