Politics and Strategy

Sovereignty Below the Threshold: Why Arctic Security Demands a Nordic Economic Strategy

The US may provide NATO's ultimate security guarantee but the task of economic security in the Arctic is a European and

Keeping an Eye on Iceland: Volcanoes and Climate Change

Research suggests climate change can increase eruptions beneath ice. Iceland helps study how climate change and

A Framework for Avoiding Polar Disasters

The Disasters Avoided project provides six characteristics for actions to ensure disasters avoided, applied here to the

The Faroe Islands in WTO? A Path to Sovereignty and Recognition or Paradiplomatic Crisis with Denmark over the Arctic?

Faroe Islands WTO membership advances sovereignty, expanding autonomy while testing Denmark's unity and Arctic

Disaster Risk Reduction and Response: Greenland

Greenland’s ocean at Kapisillit. Photo: Ilan Kelman Interventions designed to prevent disasters and minimise

An Incomplete Renewal: The Case for an Arctic Dimension to the Lancaster House Treaties

The Lancaster House Treaties lack an Arctic dimension and must be updated to reflect strategic realities as competition

Purchasing Greenland: Trump’s Fantasy or a Real National Security Stake for the United States?

President Donal Trump wanted to purchase Greenland in January 2026. To what extent is purchasing Greenland strategic

The Arctic Institute’s 2026 Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Series: An Introduction

The Arctic Institute's 2026 Series Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response explores risks, and solutions in changing

The Role of EU-Japan Collaboration in Trans-Arctic Cable Development

EU–Japan collaboration on trans-Arctic cable development depends on public authorities shaping digital infrastructure