Keyword: «world island»

The main provisions and structure of geopolitics as a science created in its modern form mainly by representatives of Anglo-Saxon countries and designed to justify the claims of these countries to world domination. The structure of geopolitics is presented and the basic universal principles of practical geopolitics – geostrategy are formulated. The authors contemplate goals of Russian foreign policy in the Arctic region and the role of airborne troops in the defense of Russian Arctic territories.