 Analysis Andreas Østhagen, November 3, 2015 The Arctic Coast Guard Forum was officially established on Friday, at the US Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. Some have argued it can serve as an arena to tackle security dialogue with Russia, at a time when other channels have been disbanded. Yet, there are certain constraints with regards to coast guards and their roles and mandates in the Arctic. In turn, what will this Forum aspire to accomplish? Although difficult to generalize across the Arctic, research points to a trend of increased maritime activity in the various Arctic regions. A majority of this traffic derives from intra-Arctic shipping and destinational shipping to the Arctic in itself. The trans-Arctic sea routes themselves are less relevant for the traffic numbers, as they have yet to become fully operational. | Survey TATW Reader Survey Newsletter Analysis By Mieke Coopes & Victoria Herrmann, October, 30, 2015 Last week, after nearly a decade of Conservative government, Canadians across the country voted for a more liberal future. In the biggest voter turnout of the century, at 68.49 percent, the Liberal Party, and its head Justin Trudeau, became the country’s new leaders. National debates and party campaigns highlighted the economy, health care, and even the right to wear a niqab as top issues of the election. However, at its core, Canada’s political one-eighty was prompted by something deeper than the current affairs of 2015, something far more important to the fabric of who Canadians are – their national values. |
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 courtesy of Karsten Bidstrup Interview Heather Exner-Pirot, August 18, 2015 The US recently reached the 100 days milestone of its Arctic Circle Chairmanship. What has been achieved, what have been the main weaknesses and how should the Chairmanship move forward? |  Photo: © Ida Jahr Analysis Kathrin Keil, September 8, 2015 When the German Foreign Office asked me in March whether I would like to become a member of the Working Group on Sustainable Arctic Development, of course I did not hesitate. |  Source:Hæren/Forsvarets mediesenter Analysis Andreas Østhagen, May 27, 2015 For a decade, journalists and scholars have been engaged in debates on the potential for conflict over Arctic resources and territory. |
 Photo: Cecil Sanders Op-ed Victoria Herrmann, June 11, 2015 Today, the phrase ‘Arctic energy’ has become synonymous with snowy oil rigs, icy ocean exploration, and Greenpeace activists. The recent conditional approval of Shell’s plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea has reinforced this narrow delineation. | Source:Hæren/Forsvarets mediesenter Op-Ed Victoria Herrmann, April 25, 2015 In 1958, the U.S. Army released an educational film on the Distant Early Warning System. The system, known as the DEW line, was built as a series of radar sites. |  Illustration: Juan M. Sarabia Op-Ed Andreas Østhagen & Andreas Raspotnik, April 22, 2015 The city of Bodø, North Norway’s second largest community, recently saw a number of relatively unfamiliar visitors: Members of the European Parliament (MEP). |
 Flickr/Mads Phil Report By Victoria Herrmann April 16, 2015 Globalization, urbanization, and demographic shifts present Arctic policy makers and residents with the opportunity to reinvent circumpolar development for the 21st Century. Download Full Report |  Graphic: Kathrin Keil Research By Kathrin Keil, February 2, 2015 Next to all Arctic researchers these days are confronted with the notion that multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches are inevitable for the future progress of Arctic research. | Arctic Council Op-Ed Sebastian Knecht, April 14, 2015 When government representatives will gather for the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Iqaluit they will again have to decide on a number of applications by non-Arctic states. |
 Photo: US Navy/Kevin Elliott Opinion - Arctic Security By Victoria Herrmann, January 23, 2015 On Tuesday night President Obama took the Senate floor with almost half of the country approving of his economic actions – the most since his hope-filled early months in office. And for good reason. Unemployment has fallen to its lowest levels since 2008. |  Photo: Overland Andersen / UD Conference Report By Kathrin Keil, January 26, 2015 After two days of policy talk, Arctic scientists from various disciplines filled the auditoriums of the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. Here some highlights of the key note speeches. | Photo: Deutsch Roemer Podcasts By Marc Jacobsen and Andreas Raspotnik |
 Photo: USCG/DoD Opinion - United States Victoria Herrmann, December 15, 2014 A lot has changed since the United States has last held the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 1998. What was once seen as a closed theater of the Cold War has been transformed into a global hot spot for scientific research. |  Map: The Arctic Institute Defense and Security Canada’s recent decision to boycott an Arctic Council task force meeting held in Moscow is a direct example of how the Ukraine conflict is starting to impact Arctic cooperation. Given its prominent position in the Arctic, however, Russia is integral to most schemes for the region’s future development. |  Photo: EU Parliament European Union Three years after the European Parliament’s (EP) last resolution on Arctic issues[1], the European Union’s (EU) parliamentary institution has adopted yet another non-binding resolution dealing with the EU’s northern neighbourhood in its plenary session on Wednesday, March 12th. |
 Photo: Timo Palo Arctic Council Global coverage of Arctic geopolitics since 2007 has fed simplistic narratives about the potential for conflict in the region in ways that the eight Arctic states have struggled to counter. |  Arctic Shipping Malte Humpert, October 31, 2014 Expectations are high that Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route (NSR), will rival traditional shipping routes |  Map: The Arctic Institute Arctic Shipping Kathrin Keil and Andreas Raspotnik, October 22, 2014 The Russian and Norwegian Arctic are gaining notoriety as an alternative maritime route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and as sources of natural resources. |
 Map: Patrick Kelley Arctic Shipping Every time Arctic sea ice extent reaches a new record low a host of new reports and studies predict a rapid increase in shipping activities in the Arctic. Expectations are high that Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route, will rival traditional shipping routes. |  Photo: MFA Norway European Union Although currently occupied with more urgent issues affecting the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, the Council of the European Union, adopted its latest conclusion on the Arctic. |  Photo: Kaet44 Greenland One of the first things the Greenlandic politicians will be confronted in with when they return to Inatsisartut, is a legislative proposal by the current Naalakkersuisut that may limit the public’s right to access documents. |
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