Law and Governance

Time for Systems Thinking in the Arctic? The Need for Aligning Energy, Environmental and Arctic Policies in the European Union

This article introduces the concept of systems thinking and provides a framework of how the EU can apply it on its

How to streamline Sámi rights into Policy-Making in the European Union?

Uncertainties in land use in Sápmi are raising governance issues while demonstrating the need for respecting Sámi

The Sámi Limbo: Outlining nearly Thirty Years of EU-Sápmi Relations

After 30 years of Sámi integration in the European Union, the Sámi still receive fewer EU Indigenous rights than

A Path to Dialogue: The Arctic for EU-Russia Relations

The EU-Russia relationship is complex, but the Arctic may offer a site for future cooperation in the face of global

The European Union and its Member States in the Arctic: Official Complementarity but Underlying Rivalry?

This article analyses the EU and its Member States Arctic policy documents on the geopolitical dynamics between them in

The Arctic Institute’s 2023 Series on the European Union’s Arctic Policy – From a Stakeholder Perspective

The Arctic Institute’s 2023 Series on the EU's Arctic Policy discusses the policy from the perspective of various

Svalbard’s Extractive Economy: Past, Present, Future

This report examines extraction on Svalbard, which takes many forms, including mining, hunting, fishing, scientific

Chinese Perspective on the Arctic and its Implication for Nordic Countries

Guo Peiqing and Chen Huiwen of the Ocean University of China write about how Beijing views the Nordic states in

The Arctic Council in Transition: Challenges and Perspectives for the new Norwegian Chairship

We discuss the transition of the Arctic Council chairship in May 2023 from Russia to Norway and the challenges of the