Author: Mia Bennett

Last month, I discussed Japan’s designation of Masuo Nishibayashi as Arctic Ambassador — the second Asian country to create such a

Japan has appointed an Arctic Ambassador, a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states. Masuo Nishibayashi is already

There’s been a lot of developments in Arctic shipping lately, particularly in light of the study by members of UCLA’s

Last month, I participated in a Stockholm Arctic Seminar on Asian Arctic expansion put on by Mistra Arctic Futures at

Canada, the upcoming chair of the Arctic Council, has named Patrick Borbey as the new chair of the group of

Northern diplomats and policymakers like to reinforce the notion of cooperation in the circumpolar north, and Denmark’s Arctic Ambassador Klavs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled to Oslo this week to meet with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the euro

Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it will be dry towing its two drill ships anchored in Alaska to ports

Australia and the Arctic aren’t often mentioned in the same sentence. One tends to hear more about Australia and Antarctica,

Greenpeace Canada has obtained a draft of the Arctic Council’s Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution that officials have

At the Arctic Frontiers conference, attendees had the opportunity to listen to numerous government and NGO representatives from Russia speak

“Do you see an ocean of opportunities or a picture of climate change?” This is the question Maren Esmark, the

On the first day of the Arctic Frontiers conference, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Mead Treadwell gave a speech full of

Correction update: The map originally analyzed in this post was a draft. This post has been updated to reflect the