Dr. Andrew Chater serves as Expert in Arctic Governance and International Decision-Making for the Polar Research and Policy Initiative. He is also a professor in political science at Brescia University College in London, Ontario. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/andrew-chater/rss en Geopolitics & Security Mon, 07 Aug 2017 03:00:27 +0000 Andrew Chater https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/07/valuable-lessons-about-russia-from-the-bears-role-in-the-arctic https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/07/valuable-lessons-about-russia-from-the-bears-role-in-the-arctic Russia sometimes behaves badly, but Arctic politics shows us there is a way to work multilaterally with the country, writes Andrew Chater, an expert in Arctic governance with the Polar Research and Policy Initiative, a U.K. think-tank.