Russian and Norwegian interests intersect and occasionally collide in the Barents Sea and Svalbard, an Arctic geopolitical hotspot where lucrative fisheries, extensive energy resources and strategic nuclear forces exist in relatively close proximity. To analyze why simmering tensions between Norway and Russia in the Barents-Svalbard region have once again risen to the surface, Polar Geopolitics is joined by Dr. Andreas Østhagen, a senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and an expert on Arctic geopolitics and the Barents Sea.
EU Arctic Policy and Geopolitics with Amb. Michael Mann
Brazil and the Antarctic Geopolitics of South America
Making the case for the controversial Davis Aerodrome in East Antarctica
Science and geopolitics in Svalbard: the Ny-Ålesund Research Station
Assessing the future of Arctic shipping in the wake of the Suez Canal incident
Interregnum No More: A Realist Perspective on the Geopolitics of the Arctic over the past 40 years
Prognosticating U.S. polar policies and geopolitics under the Biden administration
Pandemic 2020 and the polar regions: The geopolitical year in review with Prof. Klaus Dodds
Beyond the Science Criterion: Reconsidering Antarctic governance in an era of climate change
China’s polar strategy at a crossroads: Pursue paradigms of the 19th century past, or envision a sustainable future
Asian engagement in the Arctic: Evolving strategies and activities of Asian Arctic Council observer states
The return of great power competition: American geopolitical engagement in the Arctic, with D.A.S. Michael J. Murphy of the U.S. State Department
Governance disrupted: Pandemic impacts on Antarctica
Crisis as opportunity: China and coronavirus diplomacy in the Arctic
Risks to Arctic Communities from the Coronavirus
Russia, China and the Arctic: Strategic partnership, strategic mistrust?
Northern Sea Route: Embodiment of Russia's interests and ambitions in the Arctic
The Geopolitics of the "Polar"
Securing the Canadian Arctic with Brigadier General Patrick Carpentier, Commander of Joint Task Force North
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