European State Policy in Support of the Sustainable Development of the Arctic: Lessons for Russia

Models of the state policy of countries aimed at supporting the sustainable development of the Arctic and subarctic phenomena are formed under a significant complex of complex complexes of natural, cumulative and international factors, which requires the expected implementation. In this regard, it is important to study foreign experience in identifying the best practices. The purpose of the work is to analyze the models of state policy to support the sustainable development of the Arctic and subarctic countries of Europe and to search for opportunities to use their experience in Russia. The object of the study is the Arctic territories of European countries. The subject of the study is the mechanisms for managing the development of the Arctic territories of European countries. The methodological basis of this study is the fundamentals of systemic and comparative analysis, methods of synthesis, induction and deduction. The authors analyzed the models of state support for the sustainable development of the Arctic and subarctic territories of European countries. It shows how the place, role and importance of the Arctic has changed in the national strategies of European states and the European Union. In the course of the work, the features of the status of the European Union in the Arctic agenda were revealed. As a result of the analysis, models and mechanisms of state support for the development of the Arctic in European countries have been identified, which can be used in Russia.

Arctic, Arctic territories, Arctic Council, Arctic policy, sustainable development, government policy