Politics and Strategy

Dispatch from Guangzhou: Stabilizing US-China Relations in the Arctic

Insights from a recent work trip to Guangzhou highlight how Chinese Arctic experts view cooperation with the United

Greenland Today, Svalbard Tomorrow?

With international law in crisis, could Trump's Greenland threats foreshadow Svalbard's fate? Norway must uphold the

Trump & Greenland: Is There Logic in the Chaos?

Trump’s fixation on Greenland signals a troubling shift in international politics, forcing Denmark to confront

Sino-Russian Sub-Regional Cooperation in the Far East and Arctic: From “Border Economic Belt” to “Strategic Cooperation Engine”

Sub-regional Arctic cooperation acts as a "strategic stabilizer" that can reduce fluctuations in relations between

China’s Adaptive Diplomacy and Economic Statecraft in a Fragmented Arctic Order

China’s Arctic strategy blends pragmatic investment, diplomatic signaling, and normative flexibility to exert

Soft Snow Dragon: China’s Arctic Policy Legitimation Discourses between 2012 and 2019

China's discourses of multilateralism, respect, and convergence advance its strategic and normative objectives in the

​​From the Indus to the Ice: China, Pakistan, and Lessons for Arctic Engagement

China's Arctic engagement can be understood by considering the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in

Navigating Uncertainty: China-Russia Arctic Security Cooperation in a Game-Theoretic Framework

A game-theoretic analysis of China–Russia Arctic cooperation shows that uncertainty influences divergent

“Buying Greenland is foolish” – or is it?

Greenland’s strategic significance drives U.S. Arctic policy, and Greenland continues to anchor Washington’s