Pillars of the Arctic policy of the European Union
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Abstract
The Arctic region has re-emerged as a geopolitical hotspot during the past decades, mainly due to the problems raised by climate change and manifesting economic opportunities. The European Union has been interested in the region in several aspects. Europe has geographical, historical and economic ties with the Arctic, and wants to play a role in the forming regional order. The main object of this paper is to investigate EU’s involvement in Arctic affairs. The main argument is that EU’s presence in the region is characterised by duality. The EU is regional and outsider at the same time. Its role is determinative, but faces many challenges and limitations.
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