CIOR Seminar
CIOR Seminar
CIOR Seminar 2021 | The Arctic: New Area of Conflict?
The 2021 CIOR Seminar under the title “The Arctic” virtually took place from Monday, February 22nd until Wednesday, February 24th.
It covered strategic and security related questions over the Arctic region:
- History of the Arctic, meaning and strategic relevance
- Stakeholders and their interests
- Relevance of conflicts of the Arctics for the rest of the world and possible solutions to it.
The timetable may be found here and more details are available from Eventbrite.com.
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