Germany's strategy for the Arctic

• Main Author: Vladislav B. Belov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2016
• Subjects: The Arctic; the Arctic Council; Germany; Russia; cooperation; Arctic resources; raw materials; energy; environmental; transport security; scipo; droit; Arctic; Arctic Council
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2016.24.96; http://narfu.ru/upload/iblock/42b/07_belov.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d3814fd1bcf3433684227d15cc13252a

In the last decade Germany has increased activity in the Arctic region. From a formal point of view, the German state connects it with various aspects of international security (mainly — environmental and transport), with needs to respect the rights of peoples living in the Arctic regions and the importance of scientific research in the Arctic. But in reality, they are hiding far-reaching interests of safeguarding the national security of raw materials and access of German concerns to the Arctic resources. In solidarity and in many ways defining the EU's policy in the Arctic, Germany primarily is focusing on their long-term economic and geopolitical goals and objectives, which it will consistently implement in the coming years in the framework of the Arctic Council, and beyond, including within the framework of cooperation with Russia. This article is devoted to the analysis of these goals and objectives, as well as to the definition of medium-term trends in Germany's Arctic policy.