Telling domestic and international policy stories
Year: 2018

This chapter investigates the difference between the Arctic narratives presented by the Russian government to the domestic and foreign audiences. It applies narrative policy analysis to demonstrate how the Russian government offers two separate, intersecting policy stories. The chapter highlights the socio-economic significance of natural (hydrocarbon) resources to the development of the Arctic region and Russia as a whole, and demonstrates persistence in turning the Arctic into the primary reso