Blog: Oasis No More? Svalbard and Contested Arctic Strategies
Although there remains much conventional wisdom which still considers the Arctic to be only loosely situated within international law, and
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Isolated Russia invites faraway countries to Svalbard science center in Pyramiden
India, Turkey, China, Brazil and Thailand are all interested in teaming up under Moscow’s umbrella at a new science complex
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More Russian Arctic oil via Murmansk redirects to India
The“Surgut” is one of the supertankers loaded with crude oil from Murmansk now sailing past Europe and instead heading to
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Blog: Arctic Circle—The outside world keeps walking in
This year’s Arctic Circle Assembly was a near-return to normal operations following previous postponements and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the event could hardly
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Decision-makers must close 50-year ‘action gap’ on climate, says report
Decision makers must close the 50 year ‘action gap’ on climate, say the authors of a report released in advance
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Isolated Russia to invite “non-Arctic” states to develop its North
Logistics chains falter, investors flee and foreign markets vanish. But President Putin argues that Russia together with countries from outside
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Russia and India talk oil and Arctic
The huge Vostok Oil project was key issue of discussion when Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural gas Shri Hardeep
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New Delhi confirms Indian stake in Rosneft’s new Arctic oil project
The country’s energy minister makes clear that there will be Indian participation in the major Arctic oil project to be
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Putin, Modi work on Arctic cooperation during Russia meeting
Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s visit to the Russian far east this week included focus on Arctic LNG, the Northern
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Arctic Council experts tackle black carbon risk posed by wildfires
Forest fires, important sources of black carbon emissions, devastated Arctic regions around the world in 2018, and are an increasing
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Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers
Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern
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Modi’s Sweden trip highlights India’s interest in North
There is growing awareness of Sweden in India, but the Nordic countries are still an unexplored area for Prime Minister
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Russian Arctic natural gas comes to India
The first shipment of LNG from Yamal has been delivered to the South Asian country. It was the first ever
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Flights to Lapland help Finnair triple 2017 profits
Finnish flag carrier Finnair said its full-year profit increased threefold to 170 million euros last year as more passengers took
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From the south, keen interest in the Arctic and the Arctic Council
Hot, humid India may lie well south of the Arctic Circle, but it has plenty of connections to the Arctic, its
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