(This chapter is available in both English and Russian). Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, it is the natural resources and industrial potentials, and not exclusively military strategic interests, which are at the core of international politics in the Arctic. Over the last few years the High North has increasingly become a topic in international relations. It is on this background that Russia and Norway in 2010 signed the agreement on delimitation of the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean. Russia’s willingness to share disputed waters with Norway can be seen as an illustration of the radically changed situation in the High North. What does the delimitation deal mean for cross-border military relations in the region? What is the basis for today’s military cooperation in the Barents Region?
