Security still the main element in Nordic Arctic Strategies
“The Nordic countries share many political priorities for the Arctic – first and foremost to maintain the Arctic as a low-tension region – but...
How Arctic governance could become a testing ground for Sino-US relations
The Arctic is becoming an important testing ground for US-China relations. As the world tries to work out ways to deal with how climate...
The Arctic remains a bright point in the sometimes bumpy relations...
Not since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 have we seen something like this: the foreign ministers of Norway, Denmark and Iceland speaking of...
Iceland’s recovery will be tough to sustain
The end of Iceland's nine years of capital controls on Tuesday is an occasion to celebrate for Icelandic businesses -- and for those economists...
Black Carbon, Trump, and America as an Arctic Nation: Juneau’s SAO...
As Senior Arctic Officials met in Juneau last week, trepidations about U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy engagement in the region and anxieties of address...
Security expert: There’s no icebreaker race with Russia in the Arctic
Russia’s superior icebreaker fleet rarely goes unmentioned in Arctic discussions in Washington. But U.S. policymakers may have bigger problems to worry about in the...
The Polar Code is in force now. Will it be enough...
On Jan. 1, the International Maritime Organization’s Polar Code entered into force. The new regulations are intended to improve safety at sea and environmental protection in Arctic and...
How we eat around the Arctic reveals the region’s disparities
To get a sense of the attention to detail that it takes to earn a Michelin star, the ultimate distinction for a chef, consider DILL,...
Regional differences complicate efforts to bring broadband to the Arctic
As part of its assessment of the telecommunications needs in the North, the Arctic Council’s Task Force on Telecommunications Infrastructure in the Arctic is...
Finland wants to show the world what it means to be...
Perhaps the biggest (in more ways than one) example of what Finns like to call ‘snow how’ is the country’s prowess as a designer,...
