India must stay invested in the polar region, which has rich energy sources and hosts two shipping routes that will open up ...

The race to 'conquer' the world's final frontier - the Arctic - is gathering steam and India is gently but firmly positioning ...

When China was granted observer status in the Arctic Council in 2013, Russia insisted on language safeguarding state sovereignty – a sign of unease. But Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 ...

These countries constitute, along with thirteen observer countries—including China—and six Indigenous representative organizations, the membership of the Arctic Council, which was formed in ...

From the North Korea-Russia alliance to China and Japan, South Korea’s neighbors are watching closely for signs of Lee’s ...

"We are in a new era of asset vulnerability," said John Hemmings, the Council on Geostrategy's deputy director for ...

Six organizations representing Arctic Indigenous peoples are permanent participants of the council, which was established in 1996. Countries including France, Germany, China, Japan, India and ...

The council’s mandate is to work collaboratively with Arctic nations, Indigenous communities and increasingly engaged observer states — like China — on polar issues affecting the entire world. As the ...