BRICS in the Arctic: Views on the Arctic Circle Assembly Panel, by Sergio Trindade

• BRICS
• Other Regions
• Russia
• 28 November 2016

The fourth Arctic Circle Assembly took place in Reykjavík on 7-9 October 2016. More than 2 thousand people attended. This

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On The Lamentations of Zeno

• Antarctica
• Arts, Culture and Heritage
• Other Regions
• Tourism
• World Oceans
• 16 October 2016

At a Bureau de Change, I recently spoke to a woman about her holiday plans to the Maldives. She was

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What is China’s Interest in the Arctic?

• Asia Pacific
• BRICS
• Geopolitics 
and Security
• Other Regions
• Shipping
• Tourism
• 12 October 2016

The representatives of the People’s Republic of China at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2015. China is an observer in the Arctic

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Disruption over Macquarie Island calls for some clever Antarctic thinking

• Antarctica
• Other Regions
• 19 September 2016

Photo via AAP/Paul Carter Last week, the Australian Antarctic Division announced that they would close Macquarie Island research station by

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