| Tittel: | Russian Formal and Practical Geopolitics in the Arctic: Change and Continuity |
| Ansvar: | Jakub M. Godzimirski, Alexander Sergunin |
| Forfatter: | Godzimirski, Jakub M.  / Sergunin, Alexander |
| Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk |
| Signatur: | Arctic review on law and politics |
| Utgitt: | Oslo : Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2020 |
| Omfang: | S. 22-46 |
| Serie: | Arctic review on law and politics ; Vol. 11 |
| Geografiske emneord: | Arktis / Russland |
| Note: | Open access (CC)
Articles in a series guest-edited by Helge Blakkisrud (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs): Can Cooperative Arctic Policies Survive the Current Crisis in Russian–Western Relations?
The articles are:
• Introduction: Can Cooperative Arctic Policies Survive the Current Crisis in Russian-Western Relations? by Helge Blakkisrud
• Governing the Arctic: The Russian State Commission for Arctic Development and the Forging of a New Domestic Arctic Policy Agenda by Helge Blakkisrud
• Russia’s Ambivalent Status-Quo/Revisionist Policies in the Arctic by Pavel Baev
• Norway and Russia in the Arctic: New Cold War Contamination? by Julie Wilhelmsen, Kristian Lundby Gjerde
• Russian Formal and Practical Geopolitics in the Arctic: Change and Continuity by Jakub M. Godzimirski (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) and Alexander Sergunin (Moscow State Institute of International Relations)
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| Innhold: |
This article examines current Russian expert and official narratives on the Arctic, situating them in the broader context of the debate on Russia’s role in the international system. Combining a critical geopolitics approach to the study of international relations with content analysis tools, we map how structural geopolitical changes in the wider region have shaped narratives on the Arctic in Russia today. Two types of Russian narratives on the Arctic are explored—the one put forward by members of the Russian expert community, and the one that emerges from official documents and statements by members of the Russian policymaking community. With the expert narratives, we pay particular attention to the Arctic topics featured and how they are informed by various mainstream approaches to the study of international relations (IR). In examining policy practitioners’ narrative approaches, we trace the overlaps and differences between these and the expert narratives. Current expert and official Russian narratives on the Arctic appear to be influenced mostly by neorealist and neoliberal ideas in IR, without substantial modifications after the 2014 conflict, thus showing relatively high ideational continuity. |
| Del av verk: | Arctic review on law and politics vol. 11 (2020) |