Evolution of the International Legal Regime of the Arctic Ocean and Russia's National Interests

The article is devoted the theme of a clash in the views of the domestic expert community on international legal regime of the Arctic Ocean (hereinafter- ILR AO) and, in particular, on the problem of delimitation of the Arctic shelf. The author examines the ILR AO as an object of temporal and spatia...

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Main Author: Ivan S. Zhndro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 2016
Subjects:
law
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24833/0869-0049-2016-2-63-80
https://doaj.org/article/6ef91efe3eb748f99e40e138b7e15707
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Summary:The article is devoted the theme of a clash in the views of the domestic expert community on international legal regime of the Arctic Ocean (hereinafter- ILR AO) and, in particular, on the problem of delimitation of the Arctic shelf. The author examines the ILR AO as an object of temporal and spatial changes that have shaped international customs -Arctic sector, "historical" sea and the Northern sea route. The cause of the current divergence in relation to the ILR AO, the author sees the recognition of these international customs: in one case, a dialectical approach that recognizes the customs, in other-the metaphysical, to deny the customs. In the context of actual problems of delimitation of the Arctic shelf dispute becomes a purely practical sense-the denial of the traditions involves the creation of the center of the Arctic Ocean area "the common heritage of mankind” and is in line with the political line of NATO and the EU, does not correspond to the national interests of the Russian Federation. On the contrary, the recognition of the customs allows observing the national interests in the delimitation of the Arctic shelf.