Blog – Canada’s new Arctic policy doesn’t stick the landing
On Tuesday, just hours before the 2019 federal election was called, the Liberals released their long-awaited Arctic and Northern Policy
Read moreOn Tuesday, just hours before the 2019 federal election was called, the Liberals released their long-awaited Arctic and Northern Policy
Read moreSince 2007 there has been ongoing debate as to the prospects for conflict in the Arctic. Realists contend that great
Read more“The result could have been much worse.” So pronounced Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini at the press conference following the
Read moreFinland completes its two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Tuesday, May 7th. Eye on the Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot
Read moreThe Arctic Council is a collegial and sober organization, that likes to stay above the fray of geopolitical tussling. But
Read moreAs the only Arctic nation without a university, Canada is “lagging behind” its northern neighbours admonished Senator Dennis Patterson last
Read moreIn August 2016, Mary Simon, the veteran Inuit and Canadian political leader, was appointed the Minister’s Special Representative on Arctic
Read moreYou’ve all seen it by now: the viral video of an emaciated polar bear on Baffin Island posted by National
Read moreOn May 11th, the Arctic states and Indigenous Permanent Participants met in Fairbanks for the tenth Arctic Council Ministerial. Ministerial
Read moreFor the tenth time since 1998, the eight Arctic states and six Permanent Participants will gather together as an Arctic
Read moreThe Arctic Council Ministerial will be held in Fairbanks on May 11, marking the end of the United States’ two
Read moreThe Arctic Council Ministerial will be held in Fairbanks on May 11, marking the end of the United States’ two year
Read moreLast week, Russia hosted a high profile conference on Arctic development and cooperation which boasted the attendance of 2400 or
Read moreArctic foreign policy, like public policy in general, goes through phases. Our current phase began around 2006 and can
Read moreWhen Polar Knowledge Canada was created out of the ashes of the Canadian Polar Commission in 2015, it published a
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