Swedish Chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council 2017–2019: Key Results and Achievements

• Published in: Arctic and North
• Main Author: UZKIY O.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2020
• Subjects: barents euro-arctic region; arctic; globalization; regionalization; integration; national chairmanship; regional chairmanship; international relations; foreign policy; Social Sciences; H; Arctic; Arctic Council
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.37482/issn2221-2698.2020.38.91; https://doaj.org/article/ccc4c28e9f9b402f93df3208a6f2a233

The Barents Euro-Arctic Region is an integration of states and their administrative divisions, markedly different in terms of population living standards, but with a particular affinity that affords firm ground to consider the region as a separate geopolitical, economic, social and cultural macroregion. The article concentrates on the analysis of key results and achievements of Swedish chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (October 19, 2017 — October 3, 2019), evaluating the current status and prospects for further international cooperation within the framework of the BEAR.