NATO Expansion in the Arctic and Security Challenges for Russia
The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO became a turning point marked the fragmentation of the Arctic into two camps: Russia versus NATO. This change will decisively impact on Arctic politics including issues of security and international cooperation.
The Concept of Peaceful Arctic Once Again
For a long time, after the 1980s, the Arctic region gained significance as an exceptional zone of peace, a region that bears no pretext for conflicts and may even become a sort of olive branch that, instead of generating conflicts, resolves them.
Towards Dialogue and Negotiations
The Ukrainian crisis affects all relations between Russia and the West, not least in the Arctic regions. From a Finnish perspective, a shift towards a readiness for discussion and negotiation to end the war conflict in Ukraine is therefore of paramount importance for restoring and developing cooperation in the Arctic region and more generally.

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