Data cable crossroad or circumpolar chokepoint: The geopolitics of subsea infrastructure in the Arctic

Data cable crossroad or circumpolar chokepoint: The geopolitics of subsea infrastructure in the Arctic

The deployment of subsea data cables across different marine areas of the circumpolar North has become a significant development in discussions of Arctic geopolitics. Meanwhile security concerns over subsea infrastructure have become heightened by recent incidents involving the disruption and destruction of energy pipelines and telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea. Nima Khorrami, a research associate at the Arctic Institute, joins the podcast to explain why data cables are crucial for the economic development of the Arctic, and how the expansion of subsea infrastructure entails the need for an enhanced security presence in the region, perhaps on the part of NATO. The episode also includes a discussion on the recent announcement that Dubai-based DP World will partner with Russia in developing the Northern Sea Route, and whether this signals a new interest in the Arctic among middle eastern countries such as the United Arab Emirates.

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Far North Frontier of NATO–Russia Tensions: Svalbard's Deterrence Gap with Prof. Katarzyna Zysk

Far North Frontier of NATO–Russia Tensions: Svalbard's Deterrence Gap with Prof. Katarzyna Zysk

Situated near Russia’s Kola Peninsula—home to the Northern Fleet and a core component of Russia’s sea-based nuclear deterrent, including ballistic-missile submarines—the Norwegian archipelago of Svalb...

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Arctic Security in the Hypersonic Age: Golden Dome, Greenland and Transatlantic Arctic relations with Dr. Troy Bouffard

Arctic Security in the Hypersonic Age: Golden Dome, Greenland and Transatlantic Arctic relations with Dr. Troy Bouffard

The strategic location of Greenland within the proposed Golden Dome missle defense system has been one of the Trump Administration’s main arguments for acquiring the massive Arctic island. To explain ...

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Greenland’s critical raw material potential and China’s current interest in the Arctic

Greenland’s critical raw material potential and China’s current interest in the Arctic

Greenland’s substantial reserves of rare earth elements and other critical raw materials have become a prominent aspect of geopolitical posturing in the Arctic. For many observers, the Trump administr...

27 Feb 38min

The European Union as emerging geopolitical player in the Arctic

The European Union as emerging geopolitical player in the Arctic

The emphatic European response to the Greenland Crisis has made clear its growing interest in the Arctic at a time when the European Union is working on an updated Arctic policy. How will a radically ...

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Arctic megatrends: Klaus Dodds and Gosia Smieszek-Rice on the geopolitical forces shaping the future of the circumpolar North

Arctic megatrends: Klaus Dodds and Gosia Smieszek-Rice on the geopolitical forces shaping the future of the circumpolar North

From the definitive end of Arctic exceptionalism to the long-term implications of the Greenland Crisis, Prof. Klaus Dodds and Dr. Gosia Smieszek-Rice engage in a big picture discussion on Arctic megat...

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Greenlandic leaders Aaja Chemnitz and Sara Olsvig on the current crisis and the future of Greenland

Greenlandic leaders Aaja Chemnitz and Sara Olsvig on the current crisis and the future of Greenland

Two prominent Greenlandic voices join this special episode of the Polar Geopolitics podcast, recorded on location at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway. Aaja Chemnitz is one of the two ...

5 Feb 55min

REPRISE EPISODE: Greenland, geopolitics and Danish diplomacy with Jeppe Kofod, former Foreign Minister of Denmark

REPRISE EPISODE: Greenland, geopolitics and Danish diplomacy with Jeppe Kofod, former Foreign Minister of Denmark

This is a REPRISE of an episode of Polar Geopolitics originally published on 28 March 2025 Jeppe Kofod, Denmark’s foreign minister during Trump’s first Greenland gambit, joins the podcast to analyze t...

28 Jan 38min

REPRISE EPISODE: Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration

REPRISE EPISODE: Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration

This is a REPRISE of an episode of Polar Geopolitics originally published on 15 April 2024 “Greenland is the most dynamic piece in the new Arctic security jigsaw puzzle”, according to a new book that ...

19 Jan 1h 26min

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