Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure
The recently destroyed Kakhovka Dam and the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station are inextricably linked legacies of Soviet energy infrastructure that have become major concerns in the midst of t...
16 Jun 20231h 17min
Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic
The United States is an Arctic country on account of Alaska, which has for almost 50 years been a major domestic source of oil and natural gas, facilitated by the extensive Trans-Alaska Pipeline Syste...
22 Mai 20231h 8min
World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance
Arctic megaconferences like the annual Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø and the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik have become critical meeting places that literally provide a world stage for the performan...
15 Feb 202334min
Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit
Despite the Covid crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources took certain steps forward on the management of key Southern Ocean f...
15 Des 202244min
Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki
Although the Arctic Council has remained on pause since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, multilateral interactions and diplomatic activity among senior Arctic officials (excluding representatives of Russ...
25 Nov 202224min
Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition
With energy and strategic raw materials increasingly at the center of geopolitics, the European Union’s first Arctic ambassador argues that Europe should look to certain areas of the Arctic in impleme...
2 Nov 202229min
Arctic Politics present and past: Prof. Oran Young reflects on governance, Gorbachev and the current Arctic Council crisis
In this moment of crisis, Prof. Oran Young shares insights accumulated across four decades, a time during which he laid the foundation for analyzing Arctic politics, and actively promoted governance i...
26 Sep 202244min
Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine
Facing the most serious crisis since its founding in 1996, the future of the Arctic Council—currently on pause due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—has become fraught with uncertainty. What role, if an...
4 Mai 202233min
