The Arctic is a vital region that helps preserve the balance of the global climate. The Arctic environment is ….Due to their proximity to the Arctic region, a central role in reducing air pollution in the Arctic is played by Arctic …. Arctic Council countries have affirmed their support to collectively bring black carbon emissions down by 25-33% by 2025 from …

Russia wants to realise a high degree of self-regulated stability in the Arctic. Moscow considers this necessary for … Arctic region. Moscow tries to guarantee its national security (including economic interests) by using a broad spectrum of … military build-up and corresponding strategic initiatives, which include new nuclear weapons systems. Other Arctic states as …

brought forward in regard to the Arctic Council as a case of success. At the same time, particularly by advancing its process … management, transnational cooperation under the auspices of the Arctic Council could be furthered. This study proceeds as follows … transnational cooperation and critically explores in how far the Arctic Council can be considered an example to learn from for …

international community. In this context, the Arctic seems to be a relic of the past, no longer the "zone of peace" that Mikhail … Gorbachev described in 1987. Indeed, this Arctic exceptionalism ended long before Russia’s war of aggression began. In order to … (INCSEA). A return to old approaches to arms control could pave the way to renewed cooperation in the Arctic in the future. …