In this moment of crisis, Prof. Oran Young shares insights accumulated across four decades, a time during which he laid the foundation for analyzing Arctic politics, and actively promoted governance initiatives in the circumpolar North. He also reflects on the legacy of Mikael Gorbachev, who was instrumental in establishing the idea of the Arctic as a “Zone of Peace”. This episode of the Polar Geopolitics podcast commemorates the 30th anniversary of Prof. Young’s seminal 1992 work, Arctic Politics: Conflict and Cooperation in the Circumpolar North, which largely launched the social scientific study of the Arctic region.
Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration
From the Barents Sea to the Bering Strait: Arctic geopolitics at the regional and local levels
Northern Flank: Arctic-Baltic security interconnections since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland
Ian Bremmer on Antarctica and the geopolitics of the polar regions
Sustainable development, community resilience and regional security in a globally connected Arctic with Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director of Arctic Frontiers
Data cable crossroad or circumpolar chokepoint: The geopolitics of subsea infrastructure in the Arctic
Russia, security and the effects of NATO enlargement in the Arctic
Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure
Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic
World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance
Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit
Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki
Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition
Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine
Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War
Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds
Geopolitical spillover: Analyzing the Arctic implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Camp Century, the US Army’s under-ice Arctic base: A story of Cold War--and contemporary—geopolitics in Greenland
EU Arctic Policy and Geopolitics with Amb. Michael Mann
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