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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

Do Disasters Kill More Women Than Men?

Disaster death rates may result from societal roles. Prof Ilan Kelman Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, UK

Third Pole’s View on the North Pole – India’s Arctic Policy

Kanagavalli Suryanarayanan The Arctic Policy of India, titled ‘India’s Arctic Policy: Building a Partnership for Sustainable Development’, has been published

Why should Bangladesh seek an observer seat on the Arctic Council?

Prof Kamrul Hossain The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum comprising the eight circumpolar Arctic states – Canada, Denmark,

The Geopolitics of Rebuilding New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica

(Image: Scott Base in Antarctica © Dr Alan Hemmings) On 20 May 2021, the New Zealand Government announced its 2021

Geostrategic Futures in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

Dr Claire Nettle Rapid political, social and environmental change presents challenges for the management of Arctic and Antarctic regions. Climate

China’s Coronavirus Diplomacy?

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

India’s SaGHAA: Where the Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas meet

Hriday Sarma Hriday Sarma, India Fellow at Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), recently spoke to Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay, President

Trade, Canada’s Territories and the Arctic Council’s Asian Observers

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau at the 44th G7 summit. (Government of

The GCC-Russia-China LNG Triangle and Role of Transnational Knowledge Networks: Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen

Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen (Professor, Barents Chair in Politics, University of Tromsø), with Tero Vauraste (Chair of the Arctic Economic Council)

The Need to Consider Chinese Tourism in Antarctica

China’s Great Wall station, Antarctica (Source: Panoramio). Max Daniels Chinese foreign policy is receiving ever more attention in Western policy

Growing Alaskan-Chinese Trade at Risk from Trade War

Source: ADFG By Liz Bowman and Brooks Kaiser The escalating trade war between China and the US may force Alaskan

The Security Implications of China-Greenland Relations

By Kenty Dubois and Alessandro Gagaridis Introduction After the Cold War, the security context in the Arctic has been characterised

The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC): India’s Grand Plan for Northern Connectivity

The INSTC, alongside relevant European transport corridors and regional transportation networks. © Dwayne Menezes, Polar Research and Policy Initiative Hriday

What is Japan’s Arctic Interest?

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06 December 2016

Japan’s special ambassador in charge of Arctic affairs Kazuko Shiraishi at the Arctic Circle Assembly, in Reykjavik. Photo via Arcticcircle.org

What is China’s Interest in the Arctic?

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

What is the connection between Singapore and the Arctic region?

Image: Crew members of an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. This article was written by Sam Tan and published in

S. Korea, Japan, China hold talks on Arctic affairs

Image: Seoul at night. This article was posted in The Korea Times on 28 April 2016. South Korea, Japan and

Challenges facing Arctic will affect Singapore and the world: DPM Teo

Image: DPM Teo Chee Hean with Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson. © Teo Chee Hean/Facebook This article was written by

Iceland, Singapore ‘have much in common’

Image: Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (centre), and President Tony Tan Keng Yam raising their glasses for a toast during the

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

Do Disasters Kill More Women Than Men?

Third Pole’s View on the North Pole – India’s Arctic Policy

Why should Bangladesh seek an observer seat on the Arctic Council?

The Geopolitics of Rebuilding New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica

Geostrategic Futures in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

China’s Coronavirus Diplomacy?

India’s SaGHAA: Where the Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas meet

Trade, Canada’s Territories and the Arctic Council’s Asian Observers

The GCC-Russia-China LNG Triangle and Role of Transnational Knowledge Networks: Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen

The Need to Consider Chinese Tourism in Antarctica

Growing Alaskan-Chinese Trade at Risk from Trade War

The Security Implications of China-Greenland Relations

The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC): India’s Grand Plan for Northern Connectivity

What is Japan’s Arctic Interest?

What is China’s Interest in the Arctic?

What is the connection between Singapore and the Arctic region?

S. Korea, Japan, China hold talks on Arctic affairs

Challenges facing Arctic will affect Singapore and the world: DPM Teo

Iceland, Singapore ‘have much in common’

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