Author: Over the Circle

Press conference by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ann Linde following the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden [Photo via NATO] by Marc Lanteigne As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth month, and… Continue reading A Line Drawn Here: Arctic Boundaries Shift in a Time of Conflict →

The Fram Centre, home of the Arctic Council Secretariat, in Tromsø, Norway [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne Since early March of this year, the Arctic Council and its agencies, including the Working Groups which focus on various environmental and safety initiatives, have been placed ‘on pause’ as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.… Continue reading And Then There Were Seven: The Arctic Council Carries On- Minus Russia →

The main stage at the May 2022 Arctic Frontiers Conference, Tromsø [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne As the conflict in Ukraine continues, its political, economic and strategic effects have flowed outwards to adjacent regions and beyond. In the Arctic, many previous assumptions about regional politics and security are now being openly challenged, and… Continue reading ‘Nor Night Nor Day No Rest’: Arctic Diplomacy Divided (and United) →

l-r: Pekka Haavisto (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland) with Ann Linde (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, April 2022 [Photo via NATO] by Mingming Shi 1) As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the security policies of both Sweden and Finland, which traditionally had supported neutrality, have moved towards… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 25 April – 1 May →

Greenland Prime Minister Múte B. Egede and Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt [Photo via the Parliament of Greenland, 2021] by Marc Lanteigne Last week, the Government of Greenland announced [in Danish] a radical change in its makeup. This was the departure of one party from the governing coalition, the populist Naleraq, and its replacement by the… Continue reading Polar Opposites? Greenland’s New Coalition Government →