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This chapter examines an emerging regional security system in the Arctic. There was a significant shift in the Arctic powers’ threat perceptions and security policies in the High North. In contrast with the Cold War era when the Arctic was a zone for the global confrontation between the USSR and the U.S./ NATO, now this region is seen by international players as a platform for international cooperation. The Arctic countries now believe that there are no serious hard security threats to them and that the soft security agenda is much more important. The military power now has new functions, such as ascertaining coastal states’ sovereignty over their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves in the region; protecting the Arctic countries’ economic interests in the North, and performing some symbolic functions. The Arctic states believe that the regional cooperative agenda could include climate change mitigation, environmental protection, maritime safety, Arctic research, indigenous peoples, cross- and trans-border cooperative projects, culture, etc.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic
EditorsVasilii Erokhin, Tianming Gao, Xiuhua Zhang
Place of PublicationChicago
PublisherIGI Global
Chapter4
Pages79-88
ISBN (Electronic)9781522569558
ISBN (Print)9781522569541
StatePublished - 2019

    Research areas

  • Arctic, Russia, Security

    Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences(all)

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