Russia's Arctic strategy through 2035: grand plans and pragmatic constraints

• Main Authors: Kluge, Janis, Paul, Michael
• Other Authors: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: DEU 2021
• Subjects: Internationale Beziehungen; Politikwissenschaft; International relations; Political science; Arktis; Wirtschaftliche Interessen; Internationale Wasserstraße; Nordostpassage; Rohstoffreserven; Regionalentwicklung/Regionalplanung; Erschließung von Lagerstätten; Arktisches Meer; Küstengewässer; Severnyj Flot (Rossijskaja Federacija); Militärischer Stützpunkt; Standorte militärischer Einrichtungen; Einsatzkonzeption für Streitkräfte; Globale Erwärmung; Lebensbedingungen; Bestimmungsfaktoren wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung/Unterentwicklung; Entwicklungspolitik; spezielle Ressortpolitik; International Politics; Foreign Affairs; Development Policy; Special areas of Departmental Policy; Russland; Nordpolargebiet; Interessenpolitik; politische Strategie; Sicherheitspolitik; Bedrohung; Rohstoffsicherung; Erdöl; Erdgas; regionale Entwicklung; Klimawandel; Klimaschutz; Umweltschutz; Energiewirtschaft; internationale Zusammenarbeit; Militärpolitik; Konfliktpotential; Russia; Arctic; pressure-group politics; political strategy; security policy; Severnyj; Arktis*; Nordpol*; Northern Sea Route
• Online Access: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/71466; http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71466-3; https://doi.org/10.18449/2020C57

Russia has adopted a development strategy for the Arctic for the period from October 2020 to 2035. Reflecting hopes and perceived threats associated with the successive warm­ing of the Arctic, it aims to advance development of the region's abundant re­sources, first and foremost oil and gas, and improve living conditions for the popu­lation. In the longer term, the Kremlin hopes to establish the Northern Sea Route as a new global shipping artery. Moscow also worries that an increasingly ice-free Arctic could create new territorial vulnerabilities in its Far North, and is responding by re­building its military presence there. Finally, Moscow also wants to preserve the region's ecological balance. The indications are, however, that the interests of the energy sec­tor and the military will be served, while funding to improve environmental protections and living conditions will remain inadequate. (author's abstract)