Arctic News and Analysis
by Mingming Shi 1) Some citizens in Greenland, in interviews conducted earlier this week by KNR, the Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, expressed their concerns over the situation with COVID-19, even though there was no confirmed cases in the country. However, the Epidemic Commission of Greenland had stated that they were confident and well-prepared to handle any… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 2-9 March
by Marc Lanteigne After a (long!) interlude between Semicircle video posts, we're trying again with a new short video clip which gives a brief overview of the Arctic Council at a time when that organisation is facing a great deal of international attention, (along with the Arctic itself!). What is the Arctic Council? (video -… Continue reading What is the Arctic Council? A Semicircle Video
by Mingming Shi 1) An interview on the topic of new Russian weapons systems, and how they would affect Norwegian and Arctic security, was published on the High North News. Two researchers interviewed for the piece were Dr Paal Sigurd Hilde, an Associate Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) in Oslo, and Dr… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 24 February-1 March
by Mingming Shi 1) Ulrik Pram Gad, an Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark argued that the Danish government needed to consider better ways of including both the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the Kingdom's foreign policy deliberations, in a commentary published by the Danish news service Altinget. 2) The Russian vessel Arktika, (Арктика), which… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 17-23 February
by Marc Lanteigne In November of last year, Mr Urmas Reinsalu, Foreign Minister of Estonia (Eesti), announced his government would seek to join the Arctic Council as a formal observer, early next year, when the next ministerial meeting of the organisation takes place in Reykjavík. Currently Estonia is the only country to have officially announced… Continue reading Estonia’s Arctic Thinking
