USA – Eye on the Arctic

What makes Finland a meeting point for superpowers?

8 June 20188 June 2018 Yle News 0 Comments diplomacy, Finland, geopolitics, Helsinki, Joseph Dunford, military, Russia, Russian Army, Syria, Ukraine, US Army, USA, Valery Gerasimov, Vantaa

With relations currently strained between the US and Russia, annual meetings such as the one convening in Vantaa (near Helsinki)

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U.S. leads anti-submarine drill in Norwegian Sea

14 May 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air force, military, military exercises, NATO, navy, Norway, Norwegian Sea, Russia, submarines, United States, USA

Five NATO countries participate with both navy vessels and surveillance aircraft. Increasing Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic makes

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As Finnish Air Force seeks new fighters, expert weighs options

27 April 201830 April 2018 Yle News 0 Comments air force, airforce, aviation, F-35, F/A-18 Hornet jets, fighter jets, fighters, Finland, Finnish Air Force, Gripen, jets, Lockheed Martin, military, Saab, Sweden, United States, USA

In an Yle Radio 1 interview on Friday, weapon systems expert Arto Pulkki said he believes that in practice the

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Blog – With Siumut’s re-election, will Greenland welcome Chinese investment?

25 April 201827 April 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments airport, America, China, coalition, construction, Demokraatit, Denmark, elections, environment, government, Greenland, Inatsisartut, independence, Infrastructure, Inuit, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Kielsen, Kim Kielsen, minerals, mining, natural resources, North America, POLICY, politics, self-rule, Siumut, soft power, United States, USA

Nearly 30,000 Greenlanders, or some 71.9% of eligible voters, went to the polls today on the world’s largest island. Some

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It’s not just heroin killing Alaskans: Meth deaths here are up four-fold

8 November 20179 November 2017 Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments drugs, heroin, opioids, overdose, Teenagers, USA, Utqiaġvik

A 17-year-old dead from a meth overdose at a Palmer party. Protesters in Utqiaġvik – formerly Barrow – marching and

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Ice-Blog: Can environmentalists trump Trump’s climate plans?

2 December 20162 December 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, climate, emissions, NASA, research, satellite, Science, sea ice, Trump, USA, Warming

When it comes to the latest data on the state of the Arctic sea ice, the Greenland ice sheet or

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Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril

26 September 201626 September 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 1 Comment Arctic, Camp Century, climate, Cold War, emissions, Greenland, ice, nuclear, permafrost, research, Science, Sea level, toxic waste, USA, Warming

It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,

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Ice-Blog: Arctic Council – 20 years in a warming world

20 September 201620 September 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments China, climate, emissions, EU, ice, Norway, oil, Science, sea ice, tromso, UN talks, USA, Warming

Twenty years does not really seem like a long time. But when it comes to climate change in the Arctic, the

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Ice-Blog: China, USA climate pledge – all talk, no action?

6 September 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, China, climate change, global emissions, Paris Agreement, USA

In a blog post earlier this year, I mused on the danger of everybody sitting back saying, “Yes, we did,”

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Defence Minister: Finland wants defence pact before U.S. elects new president

23 August 2016 Yle News 0 Comments defence cooperation agreement, Finland, military, security, USA

Finland would like to sign off on a proposed defence cooperation agreement with the United States before Americans elect a

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Now trending in DC: Arctic issues

11 June 201610 June 2016 Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, USA

WASHINGTON — With Alaska’s Arctic attracting increasing attention from policymakers and political wonks in Washington, D.C., Alaska lawmakers hope to turn that attention into

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Ice-Blog: Arctic future – not so permafrost

21 March 201621 March 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic Council, Arctic Science Summit Week, AWI, climate, CO2, emissions, Fairbanks, Greenland, permafrost, research, Science, USA, Warming, Zackenberg

“A glance into the future of the Arctic” was the title of a press release I received from theAlfred Wegener

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Ice-Blog: Trudeau and Obama’s Arctic endeavours

12 March 201620 May 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic, Canada, environment, Obama, Trudeau, USA

Sometimes there are pleasant surprises to end the week. An announcement by the U.S. and Canadian leaders that they are

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Obama, Trudeau announce plans to fight Arctic oil and gas pollution; Alaskans criticize lack of input

11 March 201612 March 2016 Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic, Canada, climate change, environment, gas, methane emissions, Obama, oil, Trudeau, USA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a joint plan to cut methane emissions from

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Ice-Blog: Record permafrost erosion in Alaska bodes ill for Arctic infrastructure

1 February 20164 February 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, AWI, Barrow, climate, erosion, Greenland, ice, permafrost, research, Russia, Science, USA, Warming

Sitting in my office on the banks of the river Rhine, I am trying to imagine what would happen if

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