By Dr. Ingrid Halvorsen Walk across the tundra in late summer and you can feel it. The ground that should be solid has a springy, almost sponge-like give under your
By Dr. Ingrid Halvorsen Walk across the tundra in late summer and you can feel it. The ground that should be solid has a springy, almost sponge-like give under your
A road buckles without warning. A concrete pile, driven deep into what was once reliable permafrost, tilts—a fraction of a degree at first—then lurches, cracking the foundation of a transmission
Why Arctic Indigenous Communities Need a Bigger Role in Governance By Dr. Ingrid Halvorsen | April 7, 2025 The Arctic is changing faster than most models predicted. Sea ice pulls
The Strategic Theatre of the High North Geography doesn’t negotiate. Norway sits at the top of Europe, sharing a 198-kilometre land border with Russia and overseeing enormous maritime zones above
In the geopolitics of the High North, few things have drawn as much attention as China’s methodical push to define itself as a “Near-Arctic State.” The phrase got its formal
In January 2018, China’s State Council Information Office released a white paper that planted a phrase squarely in the middle of Arctic governance debates: “Near-Arctic State.” The document, China’s Arctic
Early in 2018, China’s State Council Information Office dropped a white paper called China’s Arctic Policy. It did something quietly audacious. It declared the country a “Near-Arctic State.” The phrase
When Beijing dropped its first White Paper on Arctic Policy in January 2018, one phrase jumped off the page. “Near-Arctic state.” The words sat awkwardly. They had no anchor in
The Arctic is warming at nearly four times the global average. That figure gets cited so often it risks becoming wallpaper, but it’s worth pausing over: a rate of change
The Arctic stopped being a silent periphery some time ago. As summer ice retreats and great powers reposition their strategic assets, the question of who actually controls the northernmost reaches