Blog – Greenland isn’t for sale, but it is for lease
Even if global norms allowed America to buy Greenland, the neat redrawing of national borders and flag-raising that would follow
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What makes Finland a meeting point for superpowers?
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
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
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?
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
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?
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
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
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?
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
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
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
“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
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
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a joint plan to cut methane emissions from
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