The Politics of Russian Arctic shipping: evolving security and geopolitical factors

• Published in: The Polar Journal
• Main Authors: Sergunin, Alexander, Hoogensen Gjørv, Gunhild
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Lanes; Northern Sea Route; The Polar Journal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29107; https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2020.1799613

This study examines how soft security, including economic and environmental issues, inform the broader security and geopolitical factors of Moscow’s policy on the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The authors begin by discussing how Russia’s hard and soft security perceptions of Arctic shipping evolved in t...