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SUMMARY:The Pacific Arctic in the Geo-Economics of 21st Century Eurasia: r
 egional governance\, and role of technology - Tim Reilly\, PhD Candidate a
 t Scott Polar Research Institute
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CONTACT:Isabella Warren
DESCRIPTION:The emerging re-configuration of Eurasia has evoked a renewed 
 interest in great power geopolitics\; whilst this framework is necessary t
 o explain the historical footprint of the continent\, is it sufficient to 
 understand Eurasia's emerging actors' drivers\, the impact of global econo
 mic developments on Eurasian connectivity and linkage\; and the effect of 
 Arctic climate change on the shape of governance of the continent?\nAn eco
 nomic region identified as the Pacific Arctic (PA)\, is the backcloth to a
 n geo-economic approach to the reconfiguration of Eurasian governance. The
  transformative agent in question is the Sino-Russian LNG/gas business' ex
 ploitation of intra-regional gas transportation by both land (natural gas)
  and sea (LNG) in/into the developing PA region\; a major economic precurs
 or - and the foundation stone of a new form of regionalism\, labelled poly
 centric regionalism.\nThe associated Sino-Russian  aim - coordinated with 
 economic initiatives such as China's BRI and Russia's Eurasian Economic Un
 ion\, is the creation of a geo-economically-framed and technology-led regi
 on (the PA)\, that is the first example of polycentric regionalism in east
 ern Eurasia. To date\, the PA has not triggered a geostrategic hegemonic r
 esponse from the U.S. and its allies\, thus allowing the fledgling region 
 a period of economic incubation in which to develop as a Sino-Russian spon
 sored\, regions-based component of a new world order in the APR.\nAbout th
 e speaker:\nTim Reilly is a PhD candidate at the Scott Polar Research Inst
 itute at Cambridge\, and is investigating the Sino-Russian energy relation
 ship in the Eurasian Arctic and its link to the Asia Pacific Rim.\nAfter s
 erving in the Parachute Regiment where he served in the Arctic amongst oth
 er deployments\, Tim worked as Government Affairs Adviser to Shell in the 
 nineties\, responsible for the CIS region. He later worked for Kroll as VP
  for Oil & Gas. In the mid noughties Tim established an Arctic consultancy
  company\, Arctic Advisory Group\, with a former leader of the Sami people
  in the Norwegian government. Tim has spent over 30 years living aboard\, 
 mainly across Eurasia\, including Norway\, Turkey\, the ME\, the Mediterra
 nean\, Russia\, Ukraine\, central Asia and the Caucasus.\nTim was called a
 s an expert witness to both the House of Commons Environmental Audit Commi
 ttee on the Arctic\, and the House of Lords Select Committee on the Arctic
 . Most recently he was an author of papers for both the Chief of the Defen
 ce Staff and Parliament’s Defence Committee (on UK Arctic defence policy
 ). He is an adviser to the MoD’s Strategic Net Assessment team\, as well
  as a Senior Associate Fellow at the Institute for Statecraft.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College\, Cambridge
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