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...
25 Juni 42min
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 ...
4 Maj 59min
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 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 ...
17 Feb 20min
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...
10 Feb 1h 8min
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
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
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
