Blog: Arctic Circle Assembly—view as new frontiers and alignments emerge
A multigenerational perspective can offer a more tempered view of the current ecological and geopolitical crises facing the planet, however
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Author: Mia Bennett
Blog: As Arctic heats up, some Sámi resist change while others embrace it
It is uncertain how the future will look, but the Sámi are sure to carve out their place in a
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BLOG: Long forgotten, these Soviet satellites once linked the Arctic to Moscow
Recently, I wrote about the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, which will provide high-speed internet to military and government customers across
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Blog—How Alaska’s little-known spaceport revolutionized military conflict
At the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, in 2019, the Israelis successfully tested an anti-ballistic missile system that intercepts
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Blog: Arctic Frontiers kicks off to rain falling on snow
With climate change starting to affect the very conferences that discuss them, concerns can no longer be confined to a
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Blog: The death of Arctic exceptionalism
While climatic tipping points have received significant attention from scientists, geopolitical tipping points in the Arctic are little examined. Yet
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Blog: An Air India flight diverted to Magadan. It took off, but sanctions are leaving Siberians without planes
Almost a decade ago, following the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, I wrote about one of the worst-case scenarios
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Blog: Blinken touts Arctic green transition as fighter jets rumble overhead
The discovery of rare earth elements at the world’s largest underground iron ore mine in Kiruna promises to fuel the
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Blog: Narva, Estonia—A would-be Arctic crossroads on Europe’s edge
The story of Narva is the story of the Arctic port that never was. Had it taken off as an
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Blog: As Norway takes over the Arctic Council, will members uphold its principles?
Will the Arctic 7, the Permanent Participants, and Observers promote and uphold the Arctic values implicit within the 1996 Ottawa
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Blog: Arctic Sweden—Kiruna pivots from underground to outer space
On January 13, 2023, mainland Europe’s first spaceport opened in the Swedish Arctic city of Kiruna–better known for iron ore
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Blog: COP27—‘loss & damage’ is on the agenda, but where do Arctic communities fall?
Discussions of compensating Arctic communities for loss and damage are not on the table at COP27, whose focus is on
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BLOG: “We are trying to hand over our expertise in the Arctic”—Estonia
On the sidelines of the Arctic Circle conference, I sat down with Alar Karis, President of Estonia. The Baltic state
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Blog: A NATO admiral, Chinese diplomat, & Faroese metal band walk into a concert hall
Arctic Circle 2022 gathered sans Russians but with a NATO admiral, Chinese officials, and a Faroese metal band, proving that
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Blog: Life on an Arctic farm, interrupted only by Norwegian jets
This summer, I found myself on a farm in the Norwegian Arctic solely in charge of 16 horses, 12 goats,
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