Sweden’s Arctic Strategy

... to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. In this context, the good prospects of joint usage of the Northern Sea Route as the shortest water route joining the north of Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region are becoming visible. * * * An analysis of Sweden’s arctic strategy shows that opportunities for expanding bilateral Russian-Swedish cooperation in the Arctic are quite limited. They come down mainly to environmental protection, minimization of the negative impacts of climate change, research, preservation of the culture, traditions, and languages of the indigenous ...