ANALYSIS OF THE GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION IN THE ARCTIC REGION

This article analyzes the geopolitical situation of the Arctic region. It is considered the international situation, the nature of modern military threats; noted
that the modern stage of world development is characterized by the redistribution of political and military influence of States seeking to comprehensive domination.
The instability of the current military and political situation caused by the desire of some states (coalitions) to rule in some regions, a change in policy in other countries, the intensification of attempts to revise the post-World War II borders, preservation of a number of countries of the armed forces, clearly exceeding on the composition of their defense needs.
The reasons for the exacerbation of the ongoing geopolitical struggle in the Arctic, the most important of which is the currently legally uncertain status of national borders in the region, the richness of its subsoil resources, and the strategic importance of transport routes in the Arctic region.
The cause of regional instability is due to the competition of states for influence, raw material resources and leading position. At the same time, sharply increased the role of the factor of military force, increased tendency to support the active its use in a complex combination of economic, political and diplomatic measures of coercion applied by the most powerful actors in international relations (both individual states and their units) in the case of countries which have raw materials or acting contrary to the will and desires of the leading states of the world and their coalitions to follow in line with the latest policy.
Hazards of the current situation in the international arena in this regard is the desire of NATO unilaterally decide the fate of the world on a global scale without much regard to the opinion of the world community and UN resolutions and other international organizations, designed to maintain stability in the world.
Identified the importance of the Arctic region for Russia and its importance in the defense of our country; the creation on the basis of the Northern fleet operational-strategic command (USC). Special attention is given to consideration of a control system for air situation in the Arctic.