For Brussels, there’s no Arctic business without the science business
Without full Arctic Council observer status, the EU remains something of an Arctic outsider. That has not stopped Brussels from working to define its...
Another big win for Russian pipeline politics in Europe?
A divisive Russian energy project dripping with geopolitical tension reached a major milestone this week. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would pump natural...
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,...
