{"id":1264,"date":"2025-04-23T04:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2025-04-23T06:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:10:40","slug":"arctic-foreign-media-scan-march-24th-april-16th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2025\/arctic-foreign-media-scan-march-24th-april-16th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Foreign Media Scan (March 24th &#8211; April 16th, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/leo-wieling-bG8U3kaZltE-unsplash-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Arctic Foreign Media Scan (March 24th &#8211; April 16th, 2025) \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"absolute bottom-0 w-full z-[1]\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 312\">\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M26.412 315.608c-.602-.268-6.655-2.412-13.524-4.769a1943.84 1943.84 0 0 1-14.682-5.144l-2.276-.858v-5.358c0-4.876.086-5.358.773-5.09 1.674.643 21.38 5.84 34.646 9.109 14.682 3.59 28.935 6.858 45.936 10.449l9.874 2.089H57.322c-16.4 0-30.31-.16-30.91-.428ZM460.019 315.233c42.974-10.074 75.602-19.88 132.443-39.867 76.16-26.791 152.063-57.709 222.385-90.663 16.7-7.823 21.336-10.074 44.262-21.273 85.004-41.688 134.719-64.193 195.291-88.413 66.55-26.577 145.2-53.584 194.27-66.765C1258.5 5.626 1281.34 0 1282.24 0c.17 0 .34 27.596.34 61.3v61.299l-2.23.375c-84.7 13.718-165.93 35.955-310.736 84.931-46.494 15.753-65.427 22.076-96.166 32.15-9.102 3-24.814 8.198-34.989 11.574-107.543 35.954-153.008 50.422-196.626 62.639l-6.74 1.876-89.126-.054c-78.135-.054-88.782-.161-85.948-.857ZM729.628 312.875c33.229-10.985 69.248-23.523 127.506-44.207 118.705-42.223 164.596-57.709 217.446-73.302 2.62-.75 8.29-2.465 12.67-3.751 56.19-16.772 126.94-33.597 184.17-43.671 5.07-.91 9.66-1.768 10.22-1.875l.94-.161v170.236l-281.28-.054H719.968l9.66-3.215ZM246.864 313.411c-65.041-2.251-143.047-12.11-208.432-26.256-18.375-3.965-41.73-9.538-42.202-10.074-.171-.214-.257-21.38-.214-47.046l.129-46.618 6.654 3.697c57.313 32.043 118.491 56.531 197.699 79.143 40.313 11.521 83.459 18.058 138.669 21.059 15.584.857 65.685.857 81.14 0 33.744-1.876 61.306-4.93 88.396-9.806 6.396-1.126 11.634-1.983 11.722-1.929.255.375-20.48 7.769-30.999 11.038-28.592 8.948-59.288 15.646-91.873 20.147-26.36 3.59-50.015 5.627-78.35 6.698-15.584.59-55.209.59-72.339-.053Z\"><\/path>\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M-3.066 295.067 32.06 304.1v9.033H-3.066v-18.066Z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>By: <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Bogdan Koutsenko<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The media scan included 111 articles from three Russian media outlets including TASS, RT, and Sputnik International.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Of the 26 thematic subcategories, \u201cmarine transportation\u201d saw by far the greatest coverage. This was primarily due to TASS\u2019s reporting on discussions of the Northern Sea Route at the March 26-27 Arctic Forum. The Northern Sea Route and its abbreviation, the NSR, were mentioned 1575 times across all articles, compared to a total of 1808 mentions for all search terms within the \u201cmarine transportation\u201d subcategory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s commitment to annex Greenland has created opportunities for the Kremlin to justify its own imperial projects. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, has argued that Ukraine is more important to Russian national security than Greenland is to that of the US.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cooperation with India continues to feature as a component of Russian foreign policy in the Arctic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smaller Arctic nations like Finland, Sweden, and Canada are portrayed as reactionary and \u201cRussophobic\u201d in their reportedly unfounded suspicion towards Russian activities in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/marine_transportation-1024x527.png\" alt=\"Hello\" class=\"wp-image-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/marine_transportation-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/marine_transportation-512x263.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/marine_transportation-320x165.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/marine_transportation-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/marine_transportation.png 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 1 &#8211; Maritime Transportation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/diplomacy-2-1024x527.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/diplomacy-2-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/diplomacy-2-512x263.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/diplomacy-2-320x165.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/diplomacy-2-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/diplomacy-2.png 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 2 &#8211; Diplomacy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/strategic_and_doctrinal-1024x527.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/strategic_and_doctrinal-1024x527.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/strategic_and_doctrinal-512x264.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/strategic_and_doctrinal-320x165.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/strategic_and_doctrinal-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/strategic_and_doctrinal.png 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 3 &#8211; Strategic and Doctrinal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/energy_industry-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/energy_industry-1-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/energy_industry-1-512x268.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/energy_industry-1-320x168.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/energy_industry-1-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/energy_industry-1.png 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 4 &#8211; Energy Industry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/mineral_extraction_industry-1024x526.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/mineral_extraction_industry-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/mineral_extraction_industry-512x263.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/mineral_extraction_industry-320x164.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/mineral_extraction_industry-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/mineral_extraction_industry.png 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 5 &#8211; Mineral Extraction Industry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/coverage_distribution-1024x540.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/coverage_distribution-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/coverage_distribution-512x270.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/coverage_distribution-320x169.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/coverage_distribution-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/03\/coverage_distribution.png 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 6 &#8211; Distribution of Russian Media Coverage of Arctic Issues by Thematic Area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Bogdan Koutsenko Key Takeaways&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[86,59,1],"tags":[108,79],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arctic","category-media-scan","category-news","tag-arctic-security","tag-media-scan"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1340,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}