Tiziana Melchiorre
This article is an attempt to contribute to the understanding of geopolitical changes occurring in the Arctic, which is a reflection of the international order. In doing so, another contribution of this article is to discuss the geopolitical and economic interests of the US and Russia in the region to add food for thought on the current changes occurring in the international order through the analysis of the strategies that the two great powers adopt to pursue their geopolitical goals with a focus on the energy and critical minerals sectors. The analysis shows that cooperation between the US and Russia is possible in both sectors because the two states act as ‘rational egoists’, according to the neoliberal institutionalist thought. By cooperating, although their historical rivalry would not come to an end, both states would increase their geopolitical and economic power both regionally and internationally.
