Geopolitics of the High North and its consequences

• Published in: Slovak Journal of Political Sciences
• Main Author: Czarny, Ryszard M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2015
• Subjects: Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science; Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjps-2015-0013; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/sjps/15/4/article-p272.xml

Abstract The increased interest in the Arctic by global players is generated by new economic opportunities related to commercial maritime transport, development of oil and gas deposits, mining, fisheries, and tourism. The natural results are closer economic and geopolitical relations between the Arctic and the rest of the world. Many observers perceive this development as a source of growing conflict because of competition related to control over the natural resources of the region. It seems also quite clear that the Arctic cannot follow its own original way of development which would be independent from the global power system.