Arming Icebreakers
By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows. Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]
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Russia’s View of the Arctic
By Morgane Fert-Malka World Policy What does Russia want? This is, increasingly, the question on everyone’s lips, and a host of Western commentators and policymakers have started looking at the Arctic as […]
The Arctic Five Versus the Arctic Council
By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal As climate change opens the Arctic to human activity and the region steadily captures more international attention, a rich tapestry of Arctic international governance […]
The Nature of International Cooperation in the Arctic
By Eli Kintisch Science & Diplomacy On a planet that is undergoing profound change, the Arctic is experiencing some of the most rapid changes, leading to historic, unexpected, and largely […]
How Arctic Territorial Disagreements are Actually Being Resolved
By Hannah Hoag Arctic Deeply Under UNCLOS, a coastal state is entitled to the continental shelf area (and its buried resources) that lies within 200 nautical miles of its coastline, […]
The Arctic Continental Shelf: Geological, Legal, or Geopolitical?
By Mia Bennett Cryopolitics With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up a lot lately. The term also appears […]
Against Arctic Paternalism
By Gitte Seeberg The Arctic Journal Certain images are conjured up at the mention of the word ‘Arctic’: vast expanses of ice, the magic of the Northern Lights, glaciers churning […]
