Arctic News and Analysis
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.
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.
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.
Harpa Concert Hall, site of the Arctic Circle Assembly [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne Since 2022, and arguably even before that, security and ‘hard politics’ issues have been growing in visibility amongst the myriad subjects covered by the Arctic Circle Assembly. This year however marked a watershed, as military affairs dominated many of the plenaries… Continue reading Arctic Circle 2024: Days of Insecurity
[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne For Germany, debates about the evolution of the country’s foreign and security policies are hardly new, and the ‘modern’ era of those deliberations can readily be traced to the end of the cold war in Europe, and the completion of German reunification in 1991. Since then, there have been numerous Wendepunkte (turning points) in Germany’s European… Continue reading Arctic Realpolitik: Germany’s Northern Strategies in a Time of Turning Points
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