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| Jun 12, 2026 | The Arctic Ocean and the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement | Back to Publications
Ships in the port of Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Photo: Ekaterina Uryupova
In September 2025, the World Trade Organization’s Agreement between 86 members, representing two thirds of the WTO, ratified the Fisheries Subsidies... |
| May 5, 2026 | Liminal Diplomacy at the Poles: Japan’s Disaster Risk Reduction and the Making of Arctic Order | Back to Publications
Japan’s former Arctic Ambassador, Keizo Takewaka, delivering a speech at the 2022 Arctic Circle Assembly held October 13–16 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Photo: Arctic Circle Assembly The Arctic Institute Japan Series 2026
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| May 2, 2026 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 27 April, 2026 | Back to Publications Hamlet in Nunavut To Host Canada’s First Inuit-Led University
As reported by CBC News on April 25, the hamlet of Arviat in Nunavut has been selected as the site of Inuit Nunangat University (INU), Canada’s first Inuit-l... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 16 March, 2026 | Back to Publications Canadian and Nordic Leaders Meet for Summit on Security and Cooperation
As reported by CBC News on March 15, the leaders of Canada and the five Nordic countries met in Oslo to discuss defense and international cooperati... |
| Feb 28, 2026 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 23 February, 2026 | Back to Publications A Louder Arctic: New Research Expands Understanding of Underwater Noise
As reported by Phys.org on February 24, new research published in npj Acoustics has quantified the impacts of noise from human activity on the loca... |
| Jan 24, 2026 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 19 January, 2026 | Back to Publications NATO and US Agree on Framework for Arctic Security
As reported by Reuters on January 22, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that US President Donald Trump has agreed to a framework deal on Greenland that would ... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | What if? “Strategic Competition” vs. “Selective Cooperation” | Back to Publications
April 2025 Central Arctic Ocean Roundtable event at Tongji University. Photo: Min Pan
A prominent Western narrative portrays China as eagerly pursuing economic and strategic goals in the Arctic. U.S. Defense Department ... |
| Oct 4, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 29 September, 2025 | Back to Publications Emergency Preparedness Exercise Takes Place in Finland
As reported by High North News on October 1, the international exercise Rescue Borealis, focusing on the joint management of major incidents involving chemical, bio... |
| Sep 20, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 15 September, 2025 | Back to Publications Denmark Considers Boeing Aircraft for Arctic Surveillance
On September 16, Reuters reported that Denmark’s Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced the country may purchase Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to e... |
| Sep 13, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 8 September, 2025 | Back to Publications Second Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Reaches Grounded Cargo Ship
As reported by Eye on the Arctic on September 8, a second Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, the CCGS Jean Goodwill, has arrived in the Franklin Strait, where... |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 9 June, 2025 | Back to Publications Quebec Authorities Monitoring Tuberculosis Outbreaks in Nunavik
As reported by CBC News on June 10, Quebec’s public health service stated that it is closely monitoring the increasing number of tuberculosis cases in Nuna... |
| May 17, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 12 May, 2025 | Back to Publications The Kingdom of Denmark Takes Over the Arctic Council Chairship
As reported by The Barents Observer on May 12, Norway has handed over the two-year rotating chairship of the Arctic Council to the Kingdom of Denmark, which... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 21 April, 2025 | Back to Publications US Arctic Ambassador Position Remains Vacant
As reported by Northern Journal on April 21, the US Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs position is still vacant following the resignation of Ambassador Mike Sfraga on Jan... |
| Dec 7, 2024 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 2 December, 2024 | Back to Publications Nuuk Celebrates New International Airport
As reported by Forbes on December 3, the new international airport has opened in Nuuk, Greenland, with the airport receiving its first transatlantic flight from Copenhagen, Denm... |
| Dec 3, 2024 | The Future Battlefield is Melting: An Argument for Why the U.S. Must Adopt a More Proactive Arctic Strategy | Back to Publications
A Royal Netherlands Navy Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel is anchored as U.S. Marines prepare to disembark the HNLMS Rotterdam for an amphibious beach landing during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Norway, March 21, 2022. P... |
| Nov 12, 2024 | A message from the Frozen World to Global Leaders at COP29 | High-level side event to highlight global consequences of cryosphere change at the UNFCCC climate conference
OSLO, Norway, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Under the leadership of Norway's Arctic Council Chairship, key stakeholders and rightsh... |
| Nov 2, 2024 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 28 October, 2024 | Back to Publications Norway Reduces Funding for Arctic Cultural Cooperation in 2025 Budget
High North News reported on October 30 that in its 2025 national budget, the Norwegian government has proposed a NOK 4 million reduction in funds for... |
| Oct 11, 2024 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 7 October, 2024 | Back to Publications NWT Government Launches Program to Offset Shipping Costs from Supply Disruptions
As reported by CBC News on October 10, the government of the Northwest Territories has announced that a new program will provide funds to ... |
| Oct 4, 2024 | The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 30 September, 2024 | Back to Publications China and Russia Jointly Patrol the Arctic for First Time
Reuters reported on October 2 that a Chinese Coast Guard fleet has entered the Arctic to conduct joint patrols with Russian counterparts, coinciding with the 75t... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | EU-Sámi Cooperation in Climate Change Adaptation in the Arctic | Back to Publications
Snowy Arctic mountain ridge. Photo: Annie Spratt The Arctic Institute Arctic Extractivism Series 2024
The Earth’s climate is changing. Research, created as a result of thorough and multidimensional academic research in ... |
| Jun 12, 2024 | NATO has always been an Arctic Alliance (Part II) | Back to Publications
A Dutch Marine participates in amphibious landing training in March 2024 as part of NATO’s Nordic Response exercise. The exercise brought 20,000 soldiers from 13 NATO member states to the Norwegian Arctic. Photo: NATO N... |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Russian Overreach Gives New Urgency To Arctic Emergency Drills | Exercise Argus participants meet off Greenland. U.S. Coast Guard |
| Jun 18, 2022 | Scientists and Doctors Meet in Arkhangelsk to Discuss Health Preservation in the Arctic | Russia | India
The Conference on the Health Preservation of People Living in the Arctic took place in Arkhangelsk on 1-3 June 2022, as part of the main events of Russia’s chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023, which are organized ... |
| Jun 14, 2022 | 'Arctic: Territory of Dialogue' Stand to Debut at SPIEF | Russia | India
Forum to be held on 15-18 June 2022
To discuss issues concerning the economic development of the region, ecology, tourism, and creative industries as well as the development of the Northern Sea Route and human capital in the ... |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Russia Completes a Busy First Year as Chairperson of the Arctic Council Chairmanship | Russia, India
It has already organized 36 events on the core issues of the Arctic agenda
Over its two-year tenure as chairman of the Arctic Council, Russia plans to organize forums, conferences, workshops, round tables, festivals and exhibi... |
| May 26, 2021 | As militaries get busier in the Arctic, the US and Russia are running out of ways to solve problems there | Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before meeting on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit, in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 19, 2021. SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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| May 26, 2021 | As militaries get busier in the Arctic, the US and Russia are running out of ways to solve problems there | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meeting on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit, in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 19, 2021. SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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| May 24, 2021 | Arctic Council Ministerial meeting embraces wetlands protection | Arctic Council Ministerial meeting embraces wetlands protection Mon, May 24, 2021 12:00 CET
Arctic wetlands have enormous potential to impact climate change, but whether they will help to fight or fuel climate change depends on how well the... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | How Delta, Rangers, and the Green Berets’ unique training would pay off in an Arctic war with Russia | US Army Green Berets with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) practice self-recovery from a glacial crevasse during an Arctic warfare exercise in Seward, Alaska, October 15, 2020. US Army/Sgt. Kayla Hocker
The increasing accessibility of th... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | A Bold Request As Climate Change Ravages The Arctic | According to the 2020 Arctic Report Card released by NOAA in December, things are pretty bad. The report, an annual compilation of peer-reviewed science (not Twitter or editorial opinions), is produced by over 120 scientists from 15 countri... |
| Feb 20, 2018 | Water Wars: U.S. FONOP Continues to Ripple Through South China Sea Dispute | The United States drew significant criticism from China for its latest freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the South China Sea. In the days following the USS Hopper’s transit through the 12-nautical-mile zone around the Scarborough S... |
| Tensions will likely grow as China seeks bigger role in the Arctic | China’s ambitions to take a more significant role in the Arctic are likely to lead to growing tensions, according to Oksana Antonenko, a director at risk consultancy firm Control Risks.
Beijing announced plans for a “Polar Silk Road” in 201... |
