Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War
Arctic and Russia expert Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies at Loughborough University, joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
9 Apr 202249min
Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds
Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London and author of the recent book Border Wars: The Conflicts that will Define our Future, joins the podcast to discuss the impa...
17 Mars 202236min
Geopolitical spillover: Analyzing the Arctic implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The tensions in Arctic relations that began after the 2014 Crimea crisis will in all likelihood be greatly exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Could the new security situation in Europe, t...
25 Feb 202232min
Camp Century, the US Army’s under-ice Arctic base: A story of Cold War--and contemporary—geopolitics in Greenland
Camp Century, a 1960s US Army base embedded in the Greenland ice sheet, was not only a High Arctic test site for advanced technologies—including a modular nuclear reactor—and secret military schemes a...
16 Feb 202239min
EU Arctic Policy and Geopolitics with Amb. Michael Mann
The European Union updated its Arctic policy in October with a communication that took a strong stand on climate change—calling for hydrocarbons to be left in the ground—and pronounced its status as a...
20 Dec 202146min
Brazil and the Antarctic Geopolitics of South America
Despite asserting itself as a regional and global power, Brazil has traditionally taken a back seat to Chile and Argentina in terms of the Antarctic geopolitics of South America. Why has this been the...
7 Dec 202125min
Making the case for the controversial Davis Aerodrome in East Antarctica
Australia’s plans to build a 2.7 km airstrip and other infrastructure in the ice-free Vestfold Hills near its Davis Station in East Antarctica have been heavily criticized, primarily on environmental ...
19 Juli 202136min
Science and geopolitics in Svalbard: the Ny-Ålesund Research Station
Hosting scientific facilities representing 12 countries, the Ny-Ålesund Research Station in Svalbard is perhaps the most international location in the Arctic. The former coalmining community, which No...
17 Juni 202133min
