Blog: The US is using a mine in Greenland to counter China
The U.S. has offered $657 million to develop the world’s northernmost mine in Greenland to counter China. Is it worth
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Blog: UN experts talk climate in Bonn amidst Arctic warming, Ukraine invasion
Same procedure as every year? While the Russian aggression in Ukraine continues to dominate the headlines and COVID simmers steadily
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Blog: And then there were seven … The Arctic Council carries on minus Russia
Since early March of this year, the Arctic Council and its agencies, including the Working Groups which focus on various environmental
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Finland will not go into NATO without Sweden, president says
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö has underlined his country’s commitment to joining NATO in tandem with Sweden after he was asked
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Seven western countries on Arctic Council to resume limited work in forum
The seven western countries on the Arctic Council said Wednesday they will resume work together on some of the forum’s
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Russia pauses nuclear safety cooperation with Norway in the North
No grants – no cooperation: After giving more than €2 billion over the last 27 years to help Russia secure
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Blog: The geopolitical collapse of the Arctic
Hint: It’s not because of climate change. Five years ago, the Economist published an article headlined, “The Arctic as it is known today is
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Blog: ‘Nor night nor day no rest’ – Arctic diplomacy divided (and united)
As the conflict in Ukraine continues, its political, economic and strategic effects have flowed outwards to adjacent regions and beyond.
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Biggest construction sites in Arctic Russia could turn into ghost towns
Thousands of jobs will vanish if projects like the Belokamenka Yard outside Murmansk come to halt. Several of Russia’s biggest
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On eve of NATO membership, Finland, Sweden defence ministers talk Nordic cooperation on border to Russia
Few days ahead of decisions that could change the European security landscape, the Finnish and Swedish defense ministers meet with
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Will the green transition be the new economic motor in the Arctic?
TROMSO, Norway — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ruptured Arctic cooperation and raised questions about the ongoing impacts on everything
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Senior Arctic officials working on plan forward amidst Arctic Council pause
TROMSO, Norway — Two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended cooperation at the Arctic Council, which Russia currently chairs,
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‘More important than ever that the Arctic community meets together’ – Arctic Frontiers
Discussions among Arctic nations have long been marked by their emphasis on cooperation and the importance of facing shared challenges
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As Moscow prepared for war, Gazprom sold Arctic gas worth almost €140 billion
The country’s main natural gas producer in 2021 recorded a 13-fold increase in profits. Gazprom has never before had the
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Russia proceeds with Arctic project as oil embargo looms
Nuclear-powered freighter Sevmorput continues to shuttle with construction goods to field development sites along the Yenisey River as part of
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