არქტიკა გეოპოლიტიკურ და გეოეკონომიკურ განზომილებაში

The significance of the Arctic, isolated though this geographic region may initially seem,
has been shaped due to various factors through the course of history. Lately, its significance has
been growing due to increasing accessibility of large amounts of natural resources, especially
hydrocarbon ones, as well as new maritime shipping routes, that has been made possible largely
by gradual decline and retreat of sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, caused by global climate
change. Discussing the respective roles, interests and strategies of various countries and
international organizations involved in the region, the thesis aims to illustrate the significance of
the geopolitical and geoeconomic landscape of the Arctic by means of examining the existing
territorial claims and disputes, the issues related to sovereignty, resource potential and
possibilities of future international cooperation and the role the changing Arctic can play in a
possible modification of global order.
In the process of writing the thesis, I had to study closely the foreign policy, economic and
military strategies of various countries present in the Arctic as well as particularly growing
interests of a number of states towards the region; also to examine various reports and related
publications of different international organizations and think tanks as well as the available
scientific and academic literature on the region in question, comprehensive analysis of which
allowed me to show the geopolitical and geoeconomic dimensions of the Arctic.