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📘 New Open Access Book on Arctic Security! ❄️🌍

TAI’s Andreas Østhagen & Andreas Raspotnik have co-edited a new open access volume: “The Nordic States, #NATO and the EU 🇪🇺 in #Arctic #Security” through @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social

🔗 Book page: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
The Nordic States, NATO and the EU in Arctic Security
This timely book explores the nuances of the Nordic states’ approach to security in the Arctic and their relationships with NATO and the EU. Challenging generalisations of the Arctic as peaceful and s...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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📨 Today’s publication by Bart van der Wal: “NATO's Polar Pressure Point: The #Svalbard Archipelago and the Russian 🇷🇺 Challenge” ❄️

🔗 Link to the full article below ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/natos-polar-...
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📨 Today’s publication by Sampo Sanaksenaho: “Soft Snow Dragon: China's 🇨🇳 #Arctic #Policy Legitimation Discourses between 2012 and 2019” ❄️

🔗 Link to the full article, that is part of TAI’s #China Series, below ⤵️
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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🌎 Exciting News: High North Dialogue 2026 Panels Announced! 🌎

📍 Bodø 🇳🇴
🗓️ 22–23 April 2026

HNDialogue is a vital gathering of students, researchers, business leaders & policymakers focused on #Arctic development ❄️🐻‍❄️

📌 Registration is open!

🔗 www.highnorthdialogue.no/high-north-d...
High North Dialogue 2026 Unveils Main Themes - High North Dialogue
– We want to highlight the issues people in the region talk about most, director Andreas Raspotnik at the High North Center says. High North Dialogue has released the first details for the 2026 confer...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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📬 Check out this week’s circumpolar news with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

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November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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❄️🌎 TAI’s Andreas Raspotnik will participate in the APW in #Busan 🇰🇷, bringing together global leaders to advance cooperation on #Arctic #sustainability, the blue economy, and the evolving role of the EU in the Arctic

🗓️ 10–12 December, 2025
🔗 www.korea-apw.com/en
2025 북극협력주간
2025 북극협력주간 ARCTIC PARTNERSHIP WEEK 10년의 협력, 지속가능한 북극을 함께 얻다.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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📨 Today’s publication by Abeeha Shamshad: “From the Indus to the Ice: #China 🇨🇳 , #Pakistan 🇵🇰, and Lessons for #Arctic Engagement” ❄️

🔗 Find the full article, that is part of TAI’s China Series, below! ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/indus-ice-ch...
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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🎙️TAI’s Nima Khorrami will participate in the webinar: “Nordic-Korea Cooperation in the #Arctic – A Necessity to Continue the #Green Energy Transition” ❄️

📅 Tuesday 2 December 2025
⏱️ 10:00 - 11:00 / Zoom
💻 Webinar, virtual

🔗 More information and registration below! ⤵️
www.isdp.eu/event/nordic...
Nordic-Korea Cooperation in the Arctic – A Necessity to Continue the Green Energy Transition - Institute for Security and Development Policy
Webinar Dec. 2, 2025: Nordic-Korea Cooperation in the Arctic – A Necessity to Continue the Green Energy Trajectory
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November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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📬 Check out this week’s circumpolar news with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

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November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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📬 New publication online by Viktoriya Nikitina Carvalho: “How to lose #Western #Allies in the #Arctic 101” ❄️

🔗 Find the full commentary below! ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/how-lose-wes...
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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📨 This week’s publication by Abbas Qaidari: “Navigating Uncertainty: China 🇨🇳 - Russia 🇷🇺 #Arctic #Security Cooperation in a Game-Theoretic Framework” ❄️

🔗 Find the full article, that is part of TAI’s China Series, below! ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/navigating-u...
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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📬 Check out this week’s circumpolar news with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

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November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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📨 Today’s publication by Roman Zhilin: “A Pragmatic Approach to Conceptual Civergences in #Russia 🇷🇺 - #China 🇨🇳 Relations: the Case of the Northern Sea Route” 🧭

🔗 Find the full #article, that is part of TAI’s China Series, below! ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/pragmatic-ap...
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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📬 Check out this week’s circumpolar news with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

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November 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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📢 ❄️ “From Policy to Practice: Advancing #Norway’s #HighNorth Policy Through ArcBlue Collaboration” by TAI’s Dr. Apostolos Tsiouvalas & Dr. Andreas Raspotnik 🤝

🔗 Read the full article below ⤵️ highnorthnews.com/en/policy-practice-advancing-norways-high-north-policy-through-arcblue-collaboration
From Policy to Practice: Advancing Norway’s High North Policy Through ArcBlue Collaboration
"The ArcBlue project provides a comprehensive approach to bridging knowledge gaps in Arctic seafood industries while supporting the goals outlined in Norway’s updated High North policy."
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October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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📬 New publication online now by Marco Ghisetti: “Buying #Greenland 🇬🇱 is Foolish - or is it?” ❄️

🔗 Find the full publication below! ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/buying-green...
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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📨 Today’s publication by Erdem Lamazhapov and TAI’s Andreas Østhagen: “#Alaska, not #Greenland, should worry the United States in the Arctic” ❄️

🔗 Find the full commentary, that is part of TAI’s China Series, below! ⤵️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/alaska-green...
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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📬 Check out this week’s circumpolar news with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

🔗 www.thearcticinstitute.org/arctic-week-...
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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📨 Today’s publication by Barry Scott Zellen: “A Grand Illusion: America's Anti-China #Arctic Policy Is Rooted in Paranoia and Political Bias, Not Strategic Reality” 🇨🇳❄️

🔗 Find the full article, that is part of TAI’s China Series, below! ⬇️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/grand-illusi...
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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❄️🌏 Narrating the #Arctic from Afar

🤔 How is the Arctic imagined, narrated, and claimed from outside its borders?

🗓️ November 6, 2025
📍 Yeditepe University, Istanbul 🇹🇷

🔗 More info below! ⬇️
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Narrating the Arctic from Afar | SCIDIPPRO
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October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📬 Check out this week’s circumpolar news with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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❄️📢 CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2026 SERIES ON KOREA IN THE ARCTIC ❄️📢

🔜 The Arctic Institute is searching for contributors on South Korea 🇰🇷 in the #Arctic!

⏰ Deadline: 15 March, 2026, 23:59 EST

🔗 www.thearcticinstitute.org/call-for-pap...
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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❄️🌎 This year’s Arctic Circle Assembly is just around the corner! Join us at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik 🇮🇸 for insightful panel sessions on the latest Arctic issues! 🐻‍❄️

🔗 Find the full assembly schedule here: arctic-circle-www.cdn.prismic.io/arctic-circl...

↪️ Check TAI’s panel sessions below!
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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📨 Today’s publication by Min Pan and Henry P. Huntington: “What if? "Strategic #Competition" vs. "Selective #Cooperation"

🔗 Find the full article, that is part of TAI’s China Series, below! ⬇️
www.thearcticinstitute.org/what-strateg...
October 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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📢❄️Only a few days left before this year’s Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík! 🤩

🤝 Come see us and attend sessions of several #Arctic scholars! 📚

🔗 Find the full assembly program here:
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October 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM