Arctic News and Analysis
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
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
By Mingming Shi 1) Prime Minister Kim Kielsen of Greenland, a territory within the sovereignty of Denmark, delivered his 2020 New Year’s speech on the 1st of January. However, the remarks received mixed reactions from the Greenlandic public, including criticism from other political parties, such as Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA), Partii Naleraq (PN) and Demokraterne over… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 6-11 January
by Mingming Shi The Arctic News Roundup is a new column for 2020, looking at what has been making the news in the region over the past week. 1) The current President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, who was elected in the summer of 2016, has announced that he will run again for the position… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 1-4 January
by Marc Lanteigne The Arctic continued to be a focus of global attention over the past year, although not always for the best reasons, and the coming year, and decade, is certain to produce new environmental and political challenges for the region. The two largest of these will likely be ongoing questions about the effects… Continue reading 2020 Vision: Upcoming Challenges in the Arctic
