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Between Continuity and Change: The Legal Status of Arctic Indigenous Peoples

A Sámi family in Norway around 1900. Mauro Mazza Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Bergamo Mauro Mazza

The Italian Navy’s Contribution to the Study of the Svalbard Archipelago: A Historical Overview

Image by beasternchen from Pixabay. Dr Pier Paolo Alfei Dr Pier Paolo Alfei provides an overview of three key episodes

New Project on Strategically Just Energy Expansions: Managing Investments in PtX (STJERNE-MIX)

Maniitsoq © Destination Arctic Circle Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) is pleased to announce that Prof Brooks Kaiser, Fellow

Whaling activities have resumed in Iceland and Japan, and the world speaks out. Does it?

Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative Introduction Whaling in 2023 still constitutes an activity

The Sidelining of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in CITES Media Coverage

Photo: Ng Swan Ti / Oxfam. Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative The fall

Cold Cuts: Home-Grown Arctic Food

Image by Ilan Kelman. Prof Ilan Kelman Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, UK Professor II, University of

Arctic Media Hotline and Observatory

Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) launches Arctic Media Hotline and Observatory to improve Arctic media coverage Project Lead: Dr

Latvia’s Arctic Connections: Interview with Mārtiņš Vargulis

Alisa Musanovic Today’s interview is with Mārtiņš Vargulis, a researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and lecturer at Riga Stradiņš

Estonia in the Arctic: Interview with Ambassador Märt Volmer

Alisa Musanovic Today, I’m with Märt Volmer, who is the Undersecretary for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

One Arctic or Two? Polar Geopolitics in the Wake of the Ukraine Conflict

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, and Sergei Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, speak at the 12th Arctic Council

Latvia in the Arctic: Interview with State Secretary Andris Pelšs

Alisa Musanovic Today’s interview is with Andris Pelšs, who is the Secretary of State of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign

Czech-Arctic Connections: Interview with Amb. Zdeněk Lyčka

Photo by Hasse Ferrold. Alisa Musanovic I’m with Zdeněk Lyčka, who is the co-ordinator of the annual Czech Arctic Festival.

Ukraine: Why this war is different

Prof Rachael Lorna Johnstone Professor of Law University of Akureyri (Iceland) and Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) For the dead, the

The Ukraine Invasion signals an earthquake in Arctic and Nordic politics

A member of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine stands inside the damaged Kharkiv regional administration building in the aftermath

Nordic Plus: International Cooperation in the Arctic enters a New Era

Image: 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting. © Arctic Council/Flickr. Prof Dr Stefan Kirchner MJI Research Professor of Arctic Law; Head

It’s time for an Arctic Council 2.0

The flags of the Arctic Council member states and permanent participants. (Linnea Nordström / Arctic Council Secretariat) Alice Rogoff For

Arctic Security and the Russia-Ukraine War: The View from Norway

Sergey Lavrov, Russian Federation’s Foreign Minister, signing the Reykjavik Declaration at the 12th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in 2021. ©

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Greenwich Park, with the City of London in the background. Project Lead: Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes Project Team: Mikhail Radkevitch, Helena Roberts,

Russia’s Proposed Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Science Setting the Stage for Law

Prof Kamrul Hossain On 31 March 2021, Russia lodged two submissions with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of

Arctic Stewardship in Reaching Net Zero – Carbon Capture Solutions

Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson tour the Hellisheidi Geothermal Plant –

Between Continuity and Change: The Legal Status of Arctic Indigenous Peoples

The Italian Navy’s Contribution to the Study of the Svalbard Archipelago: A Historical Overview

New Project on Strategically Just Energy Expansions: Managing Investments in PtX (STJERNE-MIX)

Whaling activities have resumed in Iceland and Japan, and the world speaks out. Does it?

The Sidelining of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in CITES Media Coverage

Cold Cuts: Home-Grown Arctic Food

Arctic Media Hotline and Observatory

Latvia’s Arctic Connections: Interview with Mārtiņš Vargulis

Estonia in the Arctic: Interview with Ambassador Märt Volmer

One Arctic or Two? Polar Geopolitics in the Wake of the Ukraine Conflict

Latvia in the Arctic: Interview with State Secretary Andris Pelšs

Czech-Arctic Connections: Interview with Amb. Zdeněk Lyčka

Ukraine: Why this war is different

The Ukraine Invasion signals an earthquake in Arctic and Nordic politics

Nordic Plus: International Cooperation in the Arctic enters a New Era

It’s time for an Arctic Council 2.0

Arctic Security and the Russia-Ukraine War: The View from Norway

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Russia’s Proposed Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Science Setting the Stage for Law

Arctic Stewardship in Reaching Net Zero – Carbon Capture Solutions

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