Sergey Sukhankin

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Sergey Sukhankin

Arctic power networks: Domestic institutions, corporate actors, and ideological drivers in Russia’s High North strategy

Russia’s Arctic strategy is often misunderstood in Western policy debates. Too much attention remains fixed on President Vladimir Putin, military deployments, or short-term geopolitical crises. This obscures a more important reality for Canada, the United States, and their allies: Russia’s Arctic posture is sustained by a durable network of state corporations, regional authorities, security institutions, and ideological organizations that shape...

Sergey Sukhankin

A fork in the road: As bifurcation hits the global uranium industry, the secure path leads to Canada

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has forever changed global commodities markets. The economic sanctions subsequently imposed on Russia exposed multiple risks related to (over)reliance on a single or dominant suppliers of critical materials (Sukhankin 2024a).

Sergey Sukhankin

Commodities as weapons: How Russia’s natural resources are fuelling its imperialistic aggression against the West

Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caused a series of economic and geopolitical shocks that have jolted the world’s economy and security. However, the Western approach to punishing Russia’s aggression through economic sanctions is flawed, and so far, has failed to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.