Governance disrupted: Pandemic impacts on Antarctica
Although Antarctica is the only continent without a case of COVID-19, the pandemic has already caused a great deal of disruption to the ATS governance regime, as well as to scientific research and the...
7 Jun 202034min
Barents Sea and Svalbard: Norway-Russia relations in an Arctic geopolitical hotspot
Russian and Norwegian interests intersect and occasionally collide in the Barents Sea and Svalbard, an Arctic geopolitical hotspot where lucrative fisheries, extensive energy resources and strategic n...
18 Mai 202030min
Crisis as opportunity: China and coronavirus diplomacy in the Arctic
In part 2 of the interview with Polar Geopolitics, Prof. Ilan Kelman explains how the coronavirus crisis provides an opportunity for actors inside and outside the Arctic to influence policy agendas an...
9 Apr 202017min
Risks to Arctic Communities from the Coronavirus
Communities in the sparsely populated Arctic already faced significant social, economic and public health challenges, and the specter of COVID-19 spreading to the circumpolar North raises a number of ...
26 Mar 202028min
Russia, China and the Arctic: Strategic partnership, strategic mistrust?
With energy shipments rapidly expanding and apparent personal chemistry between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the alignment of Russian and Chinese interests has caused concern in some capitols and al...
9 Mar 202024min
Northern Sea Route: Embodiment of Russia's interests and ambitions in the Arctic
The Northern Sea Route is central to questions of shipping, security, sovereignty, climate change and the exploitation and export of the massive energy reserves in the north of Russia, making the deve...
13 Feb 202028min
The Geopolitics of the "Polar"
“The creation of polar identity is ultimately a matter of geopolitics, of the value states see in instruments and symbols that speak to polar rather than Arctic or Antarctic interests,” according to a...
28 Jan 202015min
Securing the Canadian Arctic with Brigadier General Patrick Carpentier, Commander of Joint Task Force North
Responsible for all Canadian Armed Forces activity across the vast arc of northern Canada, Joint Task Force North plays a crucial role in safeguarding the North American Arctic. Polar Geopolitics is h...
10 Des 201920min
