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Blog – Whose Arctic security is it anyway?

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 11:15 — Last Updated: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 11:29
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The question of security in the Arctic has become more pronounced in the region of late. This is thought to

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Politics Politics (Russia) RCI Russia 

Are potential Arctic security threats eclipsing urgent action on climate? A new study makes its case

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 09:07
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An over-emphasis on narratives around potential resource bonanzas and hard security issues in the Arctic should be recalibrated by policy

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia is winning support for its claims on Arctic shelf, says chief negotiator

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 at 11:12
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The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) has reportedly endorsed key parts of the country’s positions. A breakthrough in Russia’s bid

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Details of China’s nuclear-powered icebreaker revealed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:58
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To be powered by two reactors, the vessel will manage to crush ice in the Arctic at a maximum speed

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Business (Norway) Environment General News Norway 

Norway expands Arctic drilling while promising emissions cuts

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 10:39
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Amid growing protests against Arctic drilling, the Norwegian government proposes 48 new oil blocks in the Barents Sea The center-right

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Premier of Northern Canadian territory frustrated by slow oil and gas development

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 14:58
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Bob McLeod says his “patience is wearing thin” over the slow rate of investment in northern oil and gas. The

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Canada’s northern territories among world’s most attractive mining regions for investors, survey says

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 14:49
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Canada’s northern territories are among the most attractive jurisdictions in the world to mining companies, according to the latest annual

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Stricter mining regulations and oversight needed in the Arctic, Finnish report says

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 09:16
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A new report has called for closer and broader regulation of mining activity in the Arctic region. The authors of

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Dozens of northern leaders attending mining conference on Canada’s West Coast

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 11:22
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Dozens of leaders from across the North are in Vancouver, British Columbia this week for one of the country’s largest

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Far East ministry to get powers over Arctic policy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 15:31
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The new ministry will coordinate the country’s expanding development of regional infrastructure and industry. “New ports and new energy capacities

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Northern Sea Route: officials worry Putin’s ambitions are unrealistic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 18, 2019 at 13:30
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There is unease in several Russian government ministries as officials start to understand that the President’s objectives for the Northern

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Fifty years after striking oil, Norway presses on with offshore drilling

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 09:45
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“It is time for reflections about what we have achieved in these years,” the country’s oil minister said as he

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Protestors target Texas company planning seismic survey in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 09:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 09:41
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A group of Native American protestors went to the offices of SAExploration in Houston, Texas Monday to object to work

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Canada: chamber of mines says mining industry in Northwest Territories ‘will die’ without investment

Michael Hugall, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 09:47 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 09:26
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The City of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), was given a grim update on the state of the territory’s

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Russian miners dig deeper into vast Kola nickel reserve

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:59
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The resources of the Zhdanovskoye field remain huge in Northwestern Russia, but mining company Kola MMC needs to go increasingly

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