Russia in the Arctic

• Main Author: Blank, Stephen J.
• Other Authors: ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Government and Political Science; Geography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; Fuels; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *COMPETITION; *CRUDE OIL; *NATURAL GAS; *POLICIES; *RUSSIA; *SECURITY; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CONFLICT; EUROPE; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN); MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); MOTIVATION; NATO; NATURAL RESOURCES; NEGOTIATIONS; NORWAY; SYMPOSIA; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT; RUSSIAN CLAIMS; RUSSIAN INTERESTS; UNITED STATES CLAIMS; ENERGY RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL SECURITY; MILITARY PRESENCE; RUSSIAN MILITARIZATION; UNCLOS(UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA); RUSSIAN NAVY; ARCTIC CLAIMS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Norway; Climate change; Law of the Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA547491; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA547491

This volume on the Arctic is the last volume in the set of five based on the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)-U.S. State Department conference on Russia held in January 2010. The Arctic's importance to the United States and to the international community has grown by virtue of its enormous energy holdings and the prospect of increased year-round navigation due to climate change. Given its proximity to Russia and that country's dependence on energy for its economic growth and development, this area's importance to Russia has grown, leading Moscow to make aggressive claims on behalf of its Arctic interests. Russia's claims have triggered considerable anxiety among other Arctic states. These considerations oblige analysts here and abroad to take regional developments in the Arctic quite seriously. Therefore, we are making these papers, which reflect Russian, American, and European analyses of the motives, capabilities, and interests of Russia in the Arctic, available to our readers so that they can benefit from the authors' expert insights. The following papers are included: "Russia in the Arctic: Challenges to U.S. Energy and Geopolitics in the High North," by Ariel Cohen; "The Arctic: A Clash of Interests or Clash of Ambitions," by Alexandr' Golts; "Russian Military Presence in the High North: Projection of Power and Capacities of Action," by Marlene Laruelle; and "The Evolving Arctic Security Environment: An Assessment," by Katarzyna Zysk.