Arctic: Realities and Challenges

Abstract

During globalization scientists of the whole world more and more attention given to researches of the Arctic. It is caused by climatic changes, new technologies, and detection of considerable potential reserves of minerals. Such attention dictates need formation of an adequate state policy in the region on the basis of geopolitical and geo-economics factors. Thus, it is important to define, than the Arctic for Russia is, what approach is optimum for management of the Arctic zone of the country how it is necessary to build the relations with neighbors in the Arctic taking into account national economic and political interests.