ABSTRACT
This chapter draws a comprehensive picture of a globalized Arctic region in the 2010s by concentrating on the state policies of the Arctic. It asks in general where the Arctic states stand, particularly regarding Russia's state policy in the Russian Arctic Zone, as well as the entire "globalized" Arctic. The chapter briefly discusses the twofold development of the Arctic's resource geopolitics and security, including the importance of states and national policies, and the fact that a "regionalized" Arctic is at last being considered at the global level. It concludes that the twofold development of the Arctic's geopolitics has been a powerful trend after the end of the Cold War. The Arctic region has strategic importance for the Russian Federation, and Russia's Arctic policy is a relevant part of the broad modernization process of the federation in the 2010s, and will remain so in the near future.
