'Discussion of a New Women's Party,' (Iceland Monitor) 'Arctic Nickel, Not Oil, Could Soon Power the World's Cars,' (Cryopolitics) 'Nunavut Election Upset: Iqaluit Voters Choose Youth Over Experience,' (Nunatsiaq Online) 'Greenland Will Offer Oil, Gas Concessions Next Year -Minister,' (Reuters / Business Insider) 'N.W.T. Premier Issues 'Red Alert' on 'Colonial' Attack on Territory's Oil and Gas… Continue reading Elsewhere…
Iceland’s Election: Another Cooperation Game?
The election in Iceland on 28 October was probably a source of frustration for many, as the results did not produce the watershed political shift for which many were hoping, especially in the wake of two previous governments being toppled by political scandal. Moreover, the outcome of this year’s vote produced no clear winner and… Continue reading Iceland’s Election: Another Cooperation Game?
Iceland’s Election: The Centre Cannot Hold?
In the last few days before Icelanders yet again return to the voting booth on 28 October, the most recent poll by MMR [In Icelandic] suggested that there is still much uncertainty over whether the next governing coalition will stay centre-right in ideology or whether there will be the first leftward shift since Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir… Continue reading Iceland’s Election: The Centre Cannot Hold?
Arctic Circle 2017: Expanded Vistas (and a Bigger Tent)
This month marked the fifth annual Arctic Circle conference (13-15 October) at the Harpa conference centre in Reykjavík, and as with its previous iterations there was no shortage of topics for discussion and debate from speakers and experts from both within the Arctic regions and from numerous other parts of the world. This year’s event saw… Continue reading Arctic Circle 2017: Expanded Vistas (and a Bigger Tent)
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'Far From the Arctic, Venezuela's Last Glacier Melts Away,' (Cryopolitics) 'Slowly but Surely, China is Carving a Foothold through the Arctic,' (South China Morning Post) 'Arctic Council at COP23: Climate Change in the Arctic and its Global Impacts,' (Arctic Council) 'Once-Pristine Arctic Choking on Our Plastic Addiction,' (CBS News) 'Lavrov Attacks Norway, Says Relations on… Continue reading Elsewhere…
Over the Circle 