Arctic 2035: Current Issues, Challenges, Solutions. Quarterly Scientific Journal
This issue explores the theme «Arctic Transport and Logistics in the Context of Global Transformation: The Northern Sea Route and the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor.» Today, the Arctic is finally ceasing to be a hard-to-reach «ice pantry» and is turning into a key hub of global logistics, one that demands deep scientific and practical understanding.
The issue opens with an exclusive interview with leading expert M. N. Grigoriev, whose insights set the direction for the entire discussion within the issue. Together with our authors, we explore what lies behind this shift in concepts—whether it represents a paradigm shift in the development of the Arctic or a necessary adaptation to new global challenges.
- THE TRANS-ARCTIC TRANSPORT CORRIDOR AND THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE: DEVELOPMENT LOGIC AND CONSTRAINTS
INTERVIEW WITH MIKHAIL N. GRIGORYEV, DIRECTOR OF THE «GECON» CONSULTING COMPANY; MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON THE STUDY OF THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; MEMBER OF THE EXPERT COUNCIL OF THE STATE COUNCIL COMMISSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE AND THE ARCTIC
KEY WORDS:
Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF)
Northern Sea Route (NSR)
Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor (TATC) transport system infrastructure
seaport
cargo traffic
icebreaker fleet
- STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND LEGAL CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATUS OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE
Northern Sea Route
Arctic law
sovereignty
Russia
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
sectoral principle
ABSTRACT
The article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the historical process of development and the consistent legal consolidation of the status of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as the national transport artery of Russia. Based on a historical and legal retrospective, the key stages are highlighted, reflecting the evolution from the first Pomeranian voyages to the formation of a modern legal architecture regulating navigation in the Arctic. Special attention is paid to the continuity of legal approaches, starting from the norms of Veliky Novgorod and the Moscow Kingdom, through the legislative acts of the Russian Empire and the USSR, to the strategic documents of the Russian Federation. The analysis shows that the legal regulation of the NSR developed in close connection with the geopolitical, economic and military objectives of the state, gradually forming an exclusive legal regime based on the principle of sovereignty.
- FROM THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE TO THE TRANS- ARCTIC TRANSPORT CORRIDOR: A NAME CHANGE OR A PARADIGM SHIFT?
Northern Sea Route
Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor
transport corridors
corridor effects
geoeconomics
ABSTRACT
This article analyzes the strategic transition from the paradigm of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as a linear route to the paradigm of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor (TATC) as a systemic spatial-economic project. It is shown that this transition reflects not a terminological change, but a profound transformation of managerial, geo- economic, and geopolitical understandings of the Arctic’s role in national and global transport architecture. It examines historical paradigm shifts in the development of Arctic sea lanes, the institutional and infrastructural implications of corridor thinking, the risks and effects at various spatial levels, as well as the international context and the reactions of Arctic and non-Arctic states on the TATC-project. Particular attention is paid to the role of climate change, the development of a specialized fleet, hub ports, and associated transport corridors. It concludes that the TATC is shaping a qualitatively new model for the spatial development of the Russian Arctic.
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