At first glance, business as usual: the Arctic Circle is calling and thousands of stakeholders are coming. Yet this year was a little different. Photo: Arctic Circle The Polar Retrospective looks back at events from the past week that are related to the Arctic and...
Finnish Marines during a NATO excercise in Arctic Norway, March 2024. The inclusion in NATO of Sweden and Finland has changed the power balance in the Arctic and presents and opportunity to neutralize the region, Doaa Abdel-Motaal argues. Photo: NATO In this guest...
The Arctic Council, once the most important platform for addressing Arctic issues and a place of cooperation and dialogue, is now limited in its ability to act. At least at the working group level, exchanges and discussions have resumed. But there is no real dialogue...
President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Muté B Egede at the colonial harbour in Nuuk, during a meeting in March. In the background is Mette Frederiksen, prime minister of Denmark. Image: Screenshot from EU Commission video The current EU Commission...
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau (right) and NATO general secretary Jens Stoltenberg posing with NATO soldiers. Photo: NATO OPINION PIECE BY Paul T. Mitchell, Canadian Forces College The Canadian government’s recent defence policy update, Our North: Strong and...
