Defense and Security

The Ukraine Crisis Is a Major Challenge for China’s Arctic Visions

The Ukraine war will shape Arctic security, and if China wants to take part in Arctic affairs, it should not support

Relations with Russia in the North were already tense. Now it’s getting worse.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Norway’s proximity to Russia is cause for security concerns

India’s Arctic Security Dimension: ‘Thought through’ or ‘a remedial process to address an insecurity’

The Arctic holds a key economic and security position for India vis-a-vis China, given China’s northern

The Cold, Cold War: Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, Antarctic Expeditions, and the Evolution of America’s Strategic Interest in the Polar Regions

Today’s polar tensions trace back to the early Cold War, a time when Richard Byrd insisted on the strategic

Finland, Japan, South Korea, and Sweden: A Middle Power Partnership for Enhanced Maritime Capacity in the Arctic

As leading maritime nations, this article calls for a quadrilateral maritime partnership between Finland, Japan, South

Time for Expansion: The Arctic Council at the Crossroad of Heightened Strategic Tensions and Climate Change

Highlighting the nexus of climate change-international security, this article makes the case for the expansion of the

A Retrospective of The Arctic Institute’s Archive

This article analyzes changes in The Arctic Institute’s publications from 2015 until 2021, focusing on the notion of

Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy in the Arctic

As Arctic great power competition heats up, Russia is managing its great power competition with the US through coercive

The Impact of the Post-Arms Control Context and Great Power Competition in the Arctic

Advanced missile technology has caused the deterioration of historic arms control regimes, also in the