The Roundup this week looks at the effects in the European Arctic of ongoing international conflicts, as well as calls from a recent conference in Alaska for greater Indigenous inclusion in regional development.
Arctic News Roundup: 20-26 April
Tag: norway
Arctic News Roundup: 23-29 March
This week in the Roundup: key elections in Denmark and its effects in Greenland, geopolitics in Svalbard, and marine research developments in the Arctic Ocean.
Interview: Britain and Norway Sign an Atlantic-Arctic Security Agreement
As NATO deepens its presence in the far north, an ambitious new military cooperation deal between Norway and the United Kingdom is still another example of the blurring of distinctions between Arctic and Atlantic maritime security.
Norway’s Arctic Policy and a Kaleidoscope Election
What started as a predictable election season in Norway has been anything but, with economic and security concerns suggesting a closer race than previously thought. This as the country reworks its Arctic policy and begins to rethink its roles within Europe.
‘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.
Over the Circle 