The 2026 Arctic Circle Assembly saw a major boost in participation, but its size also illustrated how many 'Arctics' are now openly competing for space and attention.
Alone Together – The Many Solitudes of Arctic Circle 2026
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‘Yet the Place is Fair Enough, Doubt it Not!’ Svalbard in a Tumultuous Arctic
Svalbard continues to see itself in the middle of rapidly changing geopolitics throughout the Arctic. Norway has been seeking to strengthen its sovereignty in the archipelago, but pushback in the form of Russian and Chinese alternative narratives is becoming more difficult to ignore.
Canada’s Arctic Choices
Canada's election season has been rocked both by unprecedented economic and political pressures from the new Trump administration, and renewed debates over the direction of Arctic Canadian security policy, including in the Arctic.
‘Awake, Chaos: We Have Napped’: Security Order and Disorder in the Arctic
As the 2025 Arctic Frontiers conference concluded, the question of how to define and address Arctic security threats dominated the dialogues, including in the wake of the hyper-nationalist and anti-environmentalist foreign policy promised by the incoming Trump administration.
A Sharp Right Turn: The Arctic Faces Trump 2.0
[Photo by Kevin Doyle via Unsplash] by Marc Lanteigne Much of the world is now bracing for yet another period of uncertainty and potential chaos in the wake of the election victory of Donald Trump in the United States last week. The incoming president’s previous foreign policy platforms were based on widespread disengagement and at… Continue reading A Sharp Right Turn: The Arctic Faces Trump 2.0
