Researcher Refutes Myth about the Wild North, Despite Increased Military Activity “Few areas are better regulated than the Arctic”, says researcher Karsten Friis at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
Russia Has No Overall National Strategy for the Corona Crisis, Says Researcher “So far, it appears that the decisions about what measures to take in Russia are taken on a regional level”, says Julie Wilhelmsen, Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). She says that Russia so far has not come up with an overall, national strategy for managing the Corona crisis.
Russia Has Always Challenged Norway on Svalbard. This Time, Parts of Its Criticism is Different Russia once again objects to non-preferential treatment on Svalbard. This time, however, its criticism has changed character. Norway’s reactions to an EU-sanctioned Russian Deputy Prime Minister in Longyearbyen in 2015 may have given Moscow new arguments against Norwegian Svalbard policy, experts argue.
Strong Chinese Reactions to Pompeo’s Speech US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out at China in Rovaniemi. The Chinese reactions were swift.
- Populism no threat in Russia - Most of it is rhetorics, says Maxim Trudolyubov in a comment to Putin’s regime having expressed support to right-wing populist politicians like Marine Le Pen in France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands over the past few years. The Vedomosti Editor-in-Chief argues that Russia is not likely to be facing a populist revolt.
