[wanabidii] New SIPRI Policy Paper on Russia's Arctic security policy

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23 February 2016 - New SIPRI publication Issues, events and publications in international security, arms control, non-proliferation and conflict

SIPRI POLICY PAPER NO. 45

Russia's Arctic security policy: still quiet in the High North? SIPRI is pleased to announce the publication of 'Russia's Arctic security policy: still quiet in the High North?' Even while Russia was strengthening its military and civil emergency forces in the Arctic over the past few years as part of a wider programme of military modernization, many experts and policymakers continued to view the region as a benign security environment. However, against the background of the conflict in Ukraine and growing tensions between Russia and the West, Russia’s military build-up in the Arctic has become a trigger for renewed concern regarding the potential militarization of the region. The changing security landscape in the Arctic raises a number of key questions, including the following: What are Russia’s security concerns in the Arctic region? How has Russia’s rhetoric regarding the Arctic evolved in recent years? What is Russia’s rationale for the military build-up in the region and is it changing? What are the links between the Arctic security agenda and the broader relationship between Russia and the Euro-Atlantic community? Can Arctic cooperation survive the consequences of the cooling relationship between Russia and its Arctic neighbours? This Policy Paper discusses these and other issues and attempts to provide some answers. Download the SIPRI Policy Paper. About the author Ekaterina Klimenko (Kyrgyzstan) is a SIPRI Researcher currently conducting research as part of the Arctic Futures Project and the Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Caucasus Project. She holds a masters of advanced studies degree in international and European security from the University of Geneva. About the project Arctic Futures: Managing Competition and Promoting Cooperation is a project dedicated to research into the security and international politics of the Arctic. As changes in the region bring new opportunities and challenges, SIPRI aims to produce knowledge beneficial to the continued peaceful and cooperative development of the Arctic. The SIPRI Arctic Futures project is part of the Mistra Arctic Sustainable Development (MASD) programme funded by MISTRA, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.

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