Blog – 2021: Future doesn’t just happen – It’s what we make it
As I started work on this post, on December 23rd the thermometer here in north-western Germany showed 14° Celsius. I’ve
Read moreAs I started work on this post, on December 23rd the thermometer here in north-western Germany showed 14° Celsius. I’ve
Read moreOn November 23, Germany’s public service broadcaster ARD dedicated its prime viewing time after the evening news to the Arctic,
Read moreTo say that United States foreign policy has experienced major upheavals, many of which have caused far more harm than
Read moreThe question of security in the Arctic has become more pronounced in the region of late. This is thought to
Read moreAcross the Arctic each summer, thousands of tourists and scientists descend upon the region’s villages, research stations, and glaciers. This
Read moreIt’s raining. I’m delighted. A strange response from a Scot who has fled the damp British climate. I write this
Read moreThe Arctic mining town of Kiruna, Sweden has a mythical allure to it. The community of 18,000 people built its
Read moreDo you still remember how Japan was feared in the West? After World War II until the early 1990’s, the
Read moreAt Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,
Read moreBritish filmmaker Cal Murphy Barton is producing a documentary about a scientist who has witnessed five decades of Arctic sea
Read moreTackling climate change requires radical transformations across society – from individual households to national governments, from the language we use
Read moreOn Tuesday, just hours before the 2019 federal election was called, the Liberals released their long-awaited Arctic and Northern Policy
Read moreEven if global norms allowed America to buy Greenland, the neat redrawing of national borders and flag-raising that would follow
Read moreOlafur Eliasson’s show at London’s Tate Modern passes Iceland’s landscape through a glass prism, refracting it into a world of
Read moreSince 2007 there has been ongoing debate as to the prospects for conflict in the Arctic. Realists contend that great
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