Russia wants to realise a high degree of self-regulated stability in the Arctic. Moscow considers this necessary for … Arctic region. Moscow tries to guarantee its national security (including economic interests) by using a broad spectrum of … military build-up and corresponding strategic initiatives, which include new nuclear weapons systems. Other Arctic states as …

The Arctic region has been an area of low tension since the end of the Cold War. This observation is important because … the run on hydrocarbons in the Arctic has not resulted in increased rivalries as expected. The outcomes have been … international joint ventures in oil and gas project on the economic side and a strengthening of Arctic governance in the political …

international community. In this context, the Arctic seems to be a relic of the past, no longer the "zone of peace" that Mikhail … Gorbachev described in 1987. Indeed, this Arctic exceptionalism ended long before Russia’s war of aggression began. In order to … (INCSEA). A return to old approaches to arms control could pave the way to renewed cooperation in the Arctic in the future. …