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Arctic Regional Security. / Sergunin, Alexander .
Handbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic. ed. / Vasilii Erokhin; Tianming Gao; Xiuhua Zhang. Chicago : IGI Global, 2019. p. 79-88.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Arctic Regional Security
AU - Sergunin, Alexander
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Arctic, Russia, security
KW - Arctic, Russia
KW - Security
UR - https://publications.hse.ru/en/books/239940872
UR - https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-international-collaboration-economic/201490
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781522569541
SP - 79
EP - 88
BT - Handbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic
A2 - Erokhin, Vasilii
A2 - Gao, Tianming
A2 - Zhang, Xiuhua
PB - IGI Global
CY - Chicago
ER -
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