Reception of Germany's new Arctic Policy Guidelines (2024)

Bäsell, Lars and Midleja, Heike and Rachold, Volker (2025) Reception of Germany's new Arctic Policy Guidelines (2024). Documentation. German Arctic Office, Potsdam, Germany.

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Abstract

In September 2024, the new German Arctic guidelines were published, which are likely to shape German Arctic policy for four to five years. This was preceded by interdepartmental coordination and a cabinet decision by the German government.1 The very title “Germany’s Arctic Policy Guidelines- Germany and the Arctic in the context of the climate crisis and the “Zeitenwende” gives an initial indication that the new guidelines are part of a series of guidelines and strategy documents updated after the “Zeitenwende,”2 not least the “National Security Strategy” from June 2023,3 which is referred to twice in the new guidelines.4 In addition to the Arctic guidelines, only two other regions are covered by the German government with their own strategy documents: China and Africa.5 This underlines the importance that the Federal Government attaches to the Arctic, even though Germany is not an Arctic state and, therefore, only has observer status in the Arctic Council (AC). The choice of the term “guidelines” instead of “strategy” reflects this idea as a form of de-prioritization of the subject matter, both internally and externally. Due to the foreseeable importance of the guidelines, the most important changes to the previous guidelines are presented first. The media, scientific, and expert perception of the new guidelines is then recorded. The focus is not on the actual behaviour of the federal government.

Item Type:	Monograph (Documentation)
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Subjects:	Organizations and Networks > Governmental Peoples, Cultures and Societies > Law and Policy
Organizations:	Unspecified
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2025 14:00
URI:	http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2886

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