Issues affecting circumpolar nations
When faced with an existential threat, the humanity will rally together despite geopolitical rivalries and political tensions between superpowers. That’s
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Sweden Russian relations are at rock bottom after two Swedish diplomats were expelled from Russia last week, says an expert
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s swashbuckling fantasies aside, geopolitical competition in the contemporary Arctic is not about who controls
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The attention of Finnish and international media focused on the lack of results at the Rovaniemi Arctic Ministerial Meeting. There
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“The result could have been much worse.” So pronounced Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini at the press conference following the
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Finland completes its two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Tuesday, May 7th. Eye on the Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot
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The Arctic Council is a collegial and sober organization, that likes to stay above the fray of geopolitical tussling. But
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Frode Berg, a former border inspector from Kirkenes, Arctic Norway, does not appeal the sentence delivered by the Moscow City
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Senior diplomats from the eight Arctic Council countries meeting in Finland late last week struggled to come up with language
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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg next week, as he attends the
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Norway and Russia agree to look at the establishment of a new military communications channel. “We recognise Russia’s right to
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We consider the interaction between our countries on regulation of joint fish stocks an example for all other coastal states,
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The President was hoping to host an Arctic Summit in Finnish Lapland this winter, but will instead travel to Vladimir
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Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide says both herself and Prime Minister Erna Solberg will participate at Russia’s Arctic Forum
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The ongoing diplomatic dispute between Canada and China following the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive has caused the
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