'In Greenland, Thai Cuisine Reigns Supreme' (Cryopolitics) 'Alaska Residents Receive Smaller Oil Fund Payments' (CBS News) 'Arctic Giant: 1st New Russian Icebreaker in Decades Starts Sea Trials' (RT) 'A Fractured Right Arm: Iceland’s Conservatives Are Breaking Up' (Reykjavík Grapevine) 'Scientists Mapping Greenland Have Produced Some Surprising- and Worrying- Results' (Washington Post) 'Denmark Downplays Concern over… Continue reading Elsewhere…
Arctic (In)security and the Question of Cooperation
In recent years, the volume level in the longstanding debate about whether the time was ripe for security issues to be added to the growing array of Arctic regional organisations, either connected to or cooperating with the Arctic Council, has increased. One recent article was very critical of the idea of an Arctic security forum,… Continue reading Arctic (In)security and the Question of Cooperation
Iceland’s Election: Take Two
For the second time in less than a year, Icelanders will be voting in parliamentary elections on 28 October, after another period of political upheaval which saw the unstable centre-right coalition government collapse last month. This vote will also mark the second time in a year that an election was forced due to a political… Continue reading Iceland’s Election: Take Two
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'Chasing Electric Blue Icebergs in Iceland' (Cryopolitics) 'Is There a Dark Side to Arctic Cooperation?' (World Policy Journal) 'Elections 2017: Disgraced Former PM Out-Polling Party He Left' (Reykjavík Grapevine) 'New Film Explores How Arctic Ecosystems are Affected by Climate Change' (Alaska Public Media) 'Former MP, Mayor, NTI President Among Declared Candidates for Nunavut Election' (CBC… Continue reading Elsewhere…
Puerto Rico and the Jones Act: The Alaska Connection
The devastation brought to the Caribbean this month, including to the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, caused by Hurricane Maria has once again pushed a nearly century-old law back into the spotlight. From its introduction, the Jones Act [pdf], as part of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, has been subject to a great deal of… Continue reading Puerto Rico and the Jones Act: The Alaska Connection
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