Blog—‘Meet Me in the Middle’: Iceland’s Next Government Coalesces
After close to seven years of an unusual left-right coalition governing Iceland, voters on 30 November decided on an extensive
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Author: Marc Lanteigne
Blog: A sharp right turn as the Arctic faces Trump 2.0
Much of the world is now bracing for yet another period of uncertainty and potential chaos in the wake of
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Blog: Oasis No More? Svalbard and Contested Arctic Strategies
Although there remains much conventional wisdom which still considers the Arctic to be only loosely situated within international law, and
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Blog: Greenland’s Roles in Arctic Security: Many Paths Leading to One?
The security situation in the Arctic has continued to evolve, due to both the continuing effects of climate change and the spillover
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Blog: The take-off of Arctic air routes
It was in 1954, after two years of test flights, when Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS) successfully began a Copenhagen to Los
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Blog: Svalbard’s travails in a changing Arctic
Many aspects of Arctic politics which had remained predictable for years, or even decades, are now being called into question,
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Blog: And in Between, There Are Doors’—Europe, the Arctic, and shared spaces
Although it has long been commonplace to refer to the Arctic as a single region, given similar geography, climate conditions,
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Blog: The black, the Blue and the Green— Norway’s energy dilemmas
Less than two years ago, speculation was swirling around the possibility of a dramatic shift in Norwegian energy policy, as the fossil fuel-rich
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Blog: Arctic Circle—The outside world keeps walking in
This year’s Arctic Circle Assembly was a near-return to normal operations following previous postponements and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the event could hardly
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Blog: The Arctic in a warming world
The far north has long been considered a barometer for the measurement of global climate change, including via phenomenon such
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Blog: A line drawn here … Arctic boundaries shift in a time of conflict
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth month, and with little sign of a resolution, Arctic governments in
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Blog: And then there were seven … The Arctic Council carries on minus Russia
Since early March of this year, the Arctic Council and its agencies, including the Working Groups which focus on various environmental
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Blog: ‘Nor night nor day no rest’ – Arctic diplomacy divided (and united)
As the conflict in Ukraine continues, its political, economic and strategic effects have flowed outwards to adjacent regions and beyond.
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Blog: Polar opposites? Greenland’s new coalition government
Last month, the Government of Greenland announced [in Danish] a radical change in its makeup. This was the departure of one
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Blog: Blowback – The Ukraine Conflict and Arctic Security
The illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February will result in aftershocks throughout Europe and the global community for
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