@article{article_1535755, title={Arktik Bölgesi’ne İlişkin Jeopolitik Tartışmalar}, journal={Paradigma: İktisadi ve İdari Araştırmalar Dergisi}, volume={13}, pages={59–67}, year={2024}, author={Aksoy, Metin}, keywords={Arctic, Geopolitics, Classical, Neoclassical, Critical Geopolitics}, abstract={It is observed that the Arctic region has recently become more important in international politics. The region’s underground resources and the global consequences of climate change play an important role in policies towards the region. The region’s openness to co-operation is important in maintaining international security and peace. The relations and institutionalisation established by the riparian states with each other contribute to regional peace. However, it is possible to say that some crises, such as the Ukraine issue, affect the peace in the region. Explaining the policies of China and India, which have an interest in the region, in addition to the established US and Russian great powers in the Arctic, within the framework of geopolitics with concrete data brings along some debates. Geopolitics is at the centre of these debates. In geopolitical analyses, data appropriate to the spirit of each period have been instrumentalised for analysis. Therefore, geopolitics as a method is renewed every period and differences emerge in its assumptions. Accordingly, it is important to determine what the basic assumptions of geopolitical analyses are, how they have progressed in the historical process, what criticisms they bring and their methodological differences.
This article focuses on the discussions of Arctic policies within the framework of geopolitics. The methods prominent in geopolitical debates will be analysed and concretised with examples from policy implementations. Literature review method is used in the article.}, number={2}, publisher={Gumushane University}