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Marc Lanteigne (林晏）
@marclanteigne.bsky.social
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Professor, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, (Politics and International Relations of China, Asia-Pacific, Polar Regions); Adjunct Lecturer at Ilisimatusarfik - Nuuk 🇬🇱; traveler, 積ん読, and part-time おたく. 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇹🇼
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hello (Bluesky) World! 🗺️ Great to be here!
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · 6d
www.scmp.com/news/china/s... Reports of the Polar Silk Road's demise appear to be exaggerated.
China marks largest Arctic foray with first manned deep dive below polar ice
Expedition also sees world’s first coordinated crewed-uncrewed submersible operation, with team bringing back rich haul of samples and data.
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · 6d
ebooks.iospress.nl/volume/the-e... Just published! Happy to have contributed a chapter (on China and hybrid warfare) for ebook 'The Eighth Baseline Requirement: Resilient Civilians in Hybrid Threats and Warfare' as part of the NATO Science for Peace & Security series. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
IOS Press Ebooks - The Eighth Baseline Requirement: Resilient Civilians in Hybrid Threats and Warfare
NATO has defined 7 baseline requirements for national resilience to help countries to prepare for serious shocks as a result of attack, terrorism, or natural disaster. These focus on continuity of gov...
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · 13d
www.france24.com/en/live-news... Great news! #moldova 🇲🇩
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins pivotal election with more than 50% of vote
Moldova's ruling PAS party pulled comfortably ahead of its Russian-leaning rivals in a high-stakes parliamentary election as final results trickled in on Monday, leaving the EU candidate country that…
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Sep 10
Amazing!
NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - NASA
A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Sep 9
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
Why 7-Eleven and Convenience Stores in Japan Are So Special
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 8
Indeed he is. Yet he joins the world’s dictators.
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Sep 8
www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/derfo... A new commentary with @kariagam.bsky.social about how the leaders of China and Russia are seeking to rewrite World War II history for modern-day strategic goals. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Derfor dyrker de gamle kriger
Xi og Putin har funnet sammen i en minnepolitisk allianse. Slik utfordrer Kina og Russland Vesten og legitimerer sine aggressive ambisjoner i dag.
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Sep 4
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social has just announced a new Associate Professor position in Gender Studies at the UiT Centre for Women's and Gender Research.
Associate Professor in Gender  Studies (282412) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Associate Professor in Gender  Studies (282412), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Sep 2
www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci... Discussed the upcoming military parade in Beijing, and the domestic and regional security implications of the event, for @france24.com‬ this week. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Chine : un défilé militaire XXL pour affirmer ses ambitions militaires et territoriales
Le défilé du 3 septembre à Pékin pour célébrer les 80 ans de la victoire chinoise contre le Japon doit servir à la fois à poser la Chine en leader naturel d’un bloc alternatif à l’ordre international…
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Sep 2
www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahra... Commented on this week's Tianjin #SCO summit and the upcoming military parade in Beijing, and who was on the invite list and why, for this article in #Seznam Zprávy. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Diplomatická výhra Pekingu. Konec války přijíždějí slavit těžké váhy - Seznam Zprávy
Ruský lídr Vladimir Putin, jeho severokorejský protějšek Kim Čong-un nebo slovenský premiér Robert Fico. Seznam hostů, kteří se objeví na vojenské přehlídce v Pekingu, dokládá rostoucí roli Číny jako ...
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 31
overthecircle.com/2025/08/30/n... My new post in @overthecircle.bsky.social about Norway's revised Arctic strategy and the upcoming election. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Norway’s Arctic Policy and a Kaleidoscope Election
Nordic flags at Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament), in Oslo. [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne Election season has begun in earnest in Norway, as the country now faces a host of domes…
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 27
Missing the islands! 😎 #St.Kitts
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 27
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... Commented this week for an article in @telegraphnews.bsky.social‬ about the latest policy salvos between Denmark and the US over Greenland. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Trump’s war on wind to conquer Greenland
The US president may have found a bargaining chip in his pursuit of the Danish territory
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 15
www.thetimes.com/world/russia... Quoted in the @thetimes.com this week about #Arctic security and great power clashes in the wake of the Alaska summit. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
How tensions between Russia and the West are mounting in the Arctic
The choice of Alaska as the location for Trump and Putin’s talks on the Ukraine war brings an intense strategic rivalry into focus
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 12
focustaiwan.tw/business/202... Nanaimo becomes #Taiwan 's third partner port in Canada.
Kaohsiung becomes 'sister port' with Canada's Nanaimo - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan's Port of Kaohsiung and Canada's Port of Nanaimo formally became "sister ports" on Monday during the Pacific Ports Conference in Canada, the Taiwan International Ports Corp. (TIPC) said.
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 4
www.derstandard.at/story/300000... Quoted in @derstandard.at today about the controversy surrounding the decision to restrict Chinese students from studies at the University Centre in Svalbard / UNIS @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Keine chinesischen Studierenden mehr an Uni im Norden Norwegens erlaubt
Hintergrund sind Spannungen auf der arktischen Inselgruppe Svalbard um politischen und militärischen Einfluss auf norwegischem Gebiet
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Aug 3
www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/ytre... Commented for an article in @dagsavisen.bsky.social about the impact of last month's Upper House elections in #Japan 🇯🇵 and the roles of populism and economic uncertainty in the voting. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Politisk kaos i Japan: Ytre høyre vinner frem
Japans regjering vakler etter valget, og ytre-høyre-partiet Sanseito vokser raskt.
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 30
www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm... Quoted yesterday by Norway #NRK on the controversies surrounding Chinese research and dual-use questions in #Svalbard. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Kina mener Norge diskriminerer studenter på Svalbard
Regjeringen sier samarbeidet med Kina i Arktis er viktig, men byr på problemer. Kina mener Norge kommer med grunnløse spekulasjoner.
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 28
overthecircle.com/about/ The profile page for @overthecircle.bsky.social has just been updated! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 25
www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci... Quoted this week in @france24.com about how China's planned #Motuo Dam project may have serious geopolitical implications in South Asia. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Méga-barrage au Tibet : un rêve de grandeur pour la Chine, un cauchemar pour l’Inde et le Bangladesh
La Chine a annoncé le week-end dernier le début des travaux de construction d'un barrage géant sur le fleuve Yarlung Tsangpo, au Tibet. Censé devenir le plus grand du monde, le projet inquiète l’Inde…
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 18
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Just published! Congratulations to my colleagues on their new article, 'Polar Projections: Political Geographies of Arctic Mapping' in Political Geography. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Polar projections: Political geographies of Arctic mapping
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 12
Reading covered for the month! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 4
overthecircle.com/2025/07/04/y... A new
‪@overthecircle.bsky.social‬ post today on how Norway has been addressing challenges to its sovereignty in Svalbard. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
‘Yet the Place is Fair Enough, Doubt it Not!’ Svalbard in a Tumultuous Arctic
Spitsbergen’s western coastline, Svalbard [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne With record-setting high temperatures being experienced in much of Europe since the month began, the word…
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jul 1
Happy Canada Day! Bonne fête du Canada! ᐅᐱᒃᓴᖅ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑉᓗᖓ! 🇨🇦
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏） @marclanteigne.bsky.social · Jun 27
www.tv2.no/nyheter/uten... Commented on this TV2 Norway piece on the decision by the Australian government to hold lotteries for citizens of #Tuvalu to immigrate, in light of ongoing climate change threats in the Pacific Islands. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Må kjøpe lodd for å få flytte fra landet
Nesten en tredjedel av befolkningen til det lille landet deltok i loddtrekningen om å få bli klimaflyktning.
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