No. 190: Russia and the Oceans

No. 190: Russia and the Oceans

Author(s): Claire Christian, Vitaly Kozyrev
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 190
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2016

This edition examines Russian policy towards the Oceans. Firstly, Claire Christian assesses Russia’s policy towards ocean conservation, noting that Moscow is the only holdout within the CCAMLR blocking a consensus decision on creating a marine protected area for the Ross Sea and East Antarctica. Secondly, Vitaly Kozyrev outlines how the recent Russian-Chinese naval exercise “Joint Sea-2016” marks a significant shift in the Kremlin’s position on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, towards a posture that is increasingly supportive of China’s claims.
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