Russian Leadership Values and Regional Goals in the Arctic

Author: Dr. Tomas Ries (National Defence College, Stockholm, Sweden)

This publication was released as part of the SMA project “21st Century Strategic Deterrence Frameworks.” (SDF) For more information regarding this project, please click here.

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Table 1 (see next page) outlines seven areas in which the Russian leadership holds key values in the Arctic and High North. It offers a rough range of things/interests that the West could threaten in order to deter Russian aggression. The most important are outlined below in the text below.

This publication was released as part of the SMA project “21st Century Strategic Deterrence Frameworks.” (SDF) For more information regarding this project, please click here.