Tag: commentary

Look at Us, Wailed the Salmon Industry. That Did Not Go as Planned.

Finally, a Dream Summer in the North

No, Mr MoD. Producing Weapons Is Not an Industrial Fairytale

Report From a ‘Spy Nest’ - Sans the Cowardly Mask of Anonymity

Just Hours Before Trump's Conviction, We Put Our Fate In His Hands

The Story of How Green, Arctic Energy Becomes AI in Israel

The Paradox of The Blue Economy

Can a Rambling Democracy Denier and Sex Offender Ensure Our Freedom?

Another BRICS in the Wall – Or How Walls Are Replacing Cooperation in the Arctic

An Ensemble of the Less Fortunate Super-Rich

The History of Bestiality

Hot Conflict in Cold Surroundings? Svalbard’s Strategic Impact After Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

Change Is the New Normal, Humans Are the Only Constant

When the Arctic Conversation is Replaced By Loaded Weapons

Does Anyone Remember the Dinosaurs “Walkman” and “Stencil Machines”? Or “Disarmament”?

What If Putin Could Dance Instead?

The Illusion of the Arctic “Exceptionalism”

The Arctic Fox and the Turkish Wolf Negotiating; Is the “North” Important for the Turkish Foreign Policy?

Svalbard: While Temperatures Rise, Relations Between People Grow Cold

In Germany, You are Arrested. In Norway, You are Rewarded. “Here’s the deal!”

The European Union and the Arctic: An Inextricable Connubium?

Arctic During the War: Less Indigenous Visibility and Less Climate Concerns

The Need for New Arctic Exceptionalism?

The War Kills the Climate and Starves People to Death

High North Tour 2022: Deep in the Finnish Forests, People Feel Fear

In Our Chase for Short-Term Profits, We Sacrifice Our Ideals

Everybody Knows Norway Borders on Russia, yet Some Know It Better than Others

The High North Moved from Its Foreign Policy Cradle into A Municipal Care Home for the Elderly

When You are Done in the USA, Jonas, You are Welcome to the North

Lessons from Ukraine about the Arctic: Russian “dialogue” isn’t always what it seems

It Looks like a Proposal from A «Work Do» at Downing Street #10

We Can Afford Most Things, but Our Hearts are Lukewarm

The Polar Silk Road Will be Cleared With Chinese Icebreakers

Everybody Wants Something in the High North. But What Exactly Do They Want?

Nothing about Us without Us – Three Highlights from an Arctic Meeting Place

The Arctic is Still One, Big Happy Family – but Three of the Children are Put to Shame

"The Backbone of Norwegian Rescue Preparedness Celebrates 50 Years"

We Need More Foreign Policy, Not Regional Politics

The Political Face of the Pandemic

Why Do Businesses in the North Insist the Earth is Flat?

Removing the Wealth Tax is Not A Winning Issue in the High North

Beyond the Pandemic, I Found a Brand New Company Town in the Arctic

Rethinking the Process of the Anti-Sealing Movement Forty Years On

Arctic 2050: Mapping the Future of the Arctic

Lack of Dialogue Increases the Distance Between North and South

(COMMENTARY) Sortland, Norway: Secrecy is a vital part of any country’s defense and security policy. The level of secrecy is nevertheless also crucial for trust between authorities and the inhabitants of a country.

Arctic 2050: A New Report Unveils Four Scenarios for the Future of the Arctic

Stop inciting the ‘Cold War’ language in the Arctic

An Arctic Success Story – Soon with Russia at the Helm

Joe Biden Brought Back Hope When Things Were Looking Gloomy

People, politics, and participation: What can we learn from the Barents region?