The Development of the Northern Sea Route on the «Blue Economy» Principles in the Late 20h-Early 21st Century
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.99.6.019
Abstract
This study examines the implementation of the «blue economy» model in the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the late XX-early XXI centuries. Specific research tasks include, firstly, studying the evolution of Russian policy towards the NSR over the past 20 years, including the development of its legal and conceptual framework, from the point of view of the principles of the «blue economy». Secondly, an explanation of how the implementation of the Polar Code of the International Maritime Organization will help to integrate the NSR into the emerging «blue economy» of the Russian Arctic. Thirdly, consideration of the prospects for the modernization of the NSR port infrastructure based on the principles of the «blue economy». The study uses various sources, including regulatory and conceptual documents of the Russian Federation related to the Russian Arctic and the Northern Sea Route, various working materials from government departments and state corporations responsible for the operation of the Northern Sea Route, as well as the IMO Polar Code, which established requirements for the fleet using this route. Along with general scientific methods (analysis and synthesis, historical and logical methods) and approaches (systematic and comparative), gap analysis was used, which is a method of strategic management and planning that helps determine the difference between the desired (possible) and the current state of affairs in an organization or field of management. Despite the fact that Russia does not have a comprehensive strategy for the development of the NSR based on the principles of the «blue economy», some elements of this concept are present in the regulatory and conceptual documents related to the NSR. The introduction of the principles of the «blue economy» into the strategic planning process will contribute to the sustainable development of not only the Northern Sea Route itself, but also the entire Russian Arctic.
About the Author
A. A. Sergunin
Saint Petersburg State University ; Northwestern Institute of Management, RANEPA ; Nizhny Novgorod State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergunin Alexander Anatolyevich — Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor
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Sergunin A.A. The Development of the Northern Sea Route on the «Blue Economy» Principles in the Late 20h-Early 21st Century. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(6(99)):193-206. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.99.6.019
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