Author: Over the Circle

The 'ice wall' of Kongsbreen, Kongsfjord in western Svalbard [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne Many aspects of Arctic politics which had remained predictable for years, or even decades, are now being called into question, not the least of which being the idea of the far north as greatly disconnected from geopolitical concerns elsewhere… Continue reading ‘Every Intersection Has a Story’: Svalbard’s Travails in a Changing Arctic →

The author speaking at the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromsø, 1 February 2023 [Photo by David Jensen / Arctic Frontiers] by Larry Ibrahim Mohammed, Ph.D. Research Fellow, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway In October 2022, the Norwegian government announced that it would charge tuition fees for non-EU/EEA international students. As someone who first arrived in… Continue reading Comment: The End of an Era? Norway’s Tuition Fee Policy for Non-EU Nationals →

USS Gerald R. Ford sailing in Oslofjorden with Norwegian Navy vessels as Force Protection, 24 May 2023 [Photo by Tiril Haslestad / Forsvaret] by Marc Lanteigne During the past decade, American strategies in the Arctic have been marked by dramatic policy shifts, ranging from the engagement policies of the Barack Obama administration, (which included a watershed… Continue reading Showing the Flag: The US Strengthens Its Presence in the Nordic Region →

Seljalandsfoss, Iceland [Photo by Marc Lanteigne]

[Photo by Zach Vessels via Unsplash] by Marc Lanteigne Although it has long been commonplace to refer to the Arctic as a single region, given similar geography, climate conditions, and oftentimes socio-economic challenges shared by far-northern regions, it is also not unusual to use the terms ‘European Arctic’, ‘North American Arctic’ and ‘Russian Arctic’, particularly… Continue reading ‘And in Between, There Are Doors’: Europe, the Arctic, and Shared Spaces →