The EU’s Arctic Strategy: Interests and Priorities

• Main Author: O. V. Aleksandrov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: MGIMO University Press 2013
• Subjects: the eu’s arctic strategy; unclos 1982; sustainable development; ban on heavy fuel oil; arctic window; International relations; JZ2-6530; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2013-3-30-12-17; https://doaj.org/article/0bcaee9a37f74a5b9a3f2af7e35cb967

This article deals with the Arctic strategy of the European Union. The main task of the author is to show the development of the EU’s Arctic policy during the previous 5 years, to analyze motivations of the EU’s actions in the Arctic, to assess the foreign policy resources which are at the disposal of Brussels to carry out the EU’s Arctic policy, and therefore to demonstrate the growing role of the EU in the Arctic. Apart from that, the author attempts to answer a question to what extent the EU’s interests in the Arctic coincide with or contradict interests of Russia and other Arctic states.