[Info] NCEAS News: Arctic Options new scientific collaboration w/ Russian University

[LeeAnne French]

      Arctic Options Extends Scientific Collaboration with Russian
      University
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/arctic-options-extends-scientific-collaboration-russian-university>

May 12, 2014

Bering Strait

In the wake of increasing geopolitical tensions with Russia, the Arctic 
Options project of UC Santa Barbara is taking steps to extend science 
diplomacy and international collaboration by developing a Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) for academic and research cooperation with MGIMO 
University <http://english.mgimo.ru/> (Moscow State University of 
International Relations), which is affiliated with the Russian Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs.

The NCEAS Arctic Options <http://arcticoptions.org> project has an 
emphasis on three regions: 1) Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia; 
2) High Seas of the Arctic Ocean beyond national jurisdictions; and 3) 
Marine coastal zone of West Greenland. Collaboration with legal experts 
and scholars from Russia is necessary to support research activities in 
the Bering Strait, including the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea, which 
involves the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/arctic-options-extends-scientific-collaboration-russian-university>

-- 
LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
french at nceas.ucsb.edu
805-892-2529

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