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Interlude: Films in the Far North

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by Marc Lanteigne As the polar night in Tromsø began to give way to the first rays of sunshine, the city’s premiere film celebration wrapped up this weekend after celebrating its thirtieth anniversary. The theme of this year’s Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) was ‘Transformation’, and movies from across the Nordic region and well beyond… Continue reading Interlude: Films in the Far North

Plus ça Change? Understanding the New Dimensions of Security in the Arctic

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By Marc Lanteigne After decades of the Arctic being at the centre of many of the contests and conflicts of the cold war, by the dubious virtue of being the shortest distance between many parts of the two warring superpowers, the United States and the then-Soviet Union, the ‘top of the world’ assumed a strategic… Continue reading Plus ça Change? Understanding the New Dimensions of Security in the Arctic

Splitting the Difference? Russia Announces a New Climate Change Plan

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by Marc Lanteigne One of the core questions surrounding the global climate change emergency, including in the Arctic, concerns the degree to which governments and individuals should concentrate on methods of mitigation. This concerns steps and policies to be undertaken in order to eliminate or lessen the effects of climate change, versus adaptation, referring to… Continue reading Splitting the Difference? Russia Announces a New Climate Change Plan