Politics and Strategy

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

Oops, they did it again: The European Union’s 2021 Arctic Policy Update

On October 13, 2021, the European Union published its most recent Arctic policy. The Arctic Institute offers an

TAI Bookshelf Podcast – Making and Unmaking Reindeer with Corinna Röver

In this month’s TAI Bookshelf Podcast, we talk to Corinna Röver about social constructions of reindeer in the

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

Environmental Policy Integration with the Existing Arctic Strategies

The article serves as a quick guide to the Arctic strategies of different countries, with a focus on environmental

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

Arctic Politics and the EU-Norway Fishing Dispute

In another fishing dispute, Norway could halt the EU's observer ambitions in the Arctic Council in a growing dispute

What does it mean to be ‘true north strong and free?’ Canada’s Elusive Northern Identity

What does it mean that Canada is a “northern country”? Far from immutable, Canada’s northern identity shifts with

The Contours of India’s Arctic Policy

India’s Arctic policy, notified as a draft in January 2021, continues along the lines of the country’s Arctic