Iceland cancels largest Arctic conference due to COVID-19
“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the October Assembly is postponed,” announced Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, former president of Iceland and Chairman
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Geopolitics (Iceland)
Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies
Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On
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EU calls for introduction of new Arctic governance structure
European leaders warn that regional security is at risk and call for the introduction of a new Arctic governance structure.
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Blog: Arctic language survival – Iceland to the rescue?
Part One of this series looked at the broad issue of language endangerment and its links to ecological disruption in
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Blog: Can environmental diplomacy save Arctic languages?
Following a 2008 symposium on indigenous arctic languages in Tromsø, Norway, the Indigenous Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council launched
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NATO trains in anti-submarine warfare in northern waters
In a show of strength, 11 vessels from 10 allied countries unfold a large-scale exercise in the North Atlantic. The
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Discussions underway on who can claim Arctic seabed
Quietly flying under the news radar is an extremely important international meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York
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Blog: The Continental Shelf – Geological, legal or geopolitical?
With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up
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Iceland: Geopolitical Triangulation
Iceland sits right on the divide between the North American and Eurasian continental plates. A little hotspot of volcanic activity
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