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The Circumpolar
Explaining Arctic geopolitics, governance and security.
Supported by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and the Arctic Institute
The Circumpolar
Latest Episodes
Why China plays by the rules in the Arctic
China has no Arctic territory, calls itself a near-Arctic state, and has worked its way into almost every legal regime in the region. Dr Iselin Stensdal talks about international law as China's way in. The conversation covers the Law of t...
AMAP and the climate data dilemma
For four years, Russian climate data has been nearly impossible to reach. Now the United States is cutting its climate support and stepping back from the IPCC and the UN climate convention. Two of the biggest Arctic states are going dark at the...
Don't bury the Arctic Council yet
For a dead institution, the Arctic Council has been remarkably busy.Serafima Andreeva draws on four years of research to explain how the Arctic Council survived Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and why it may be one of the more q...
Japan & South Korea in the Arctic
Japan and South Korea became Arctic Council observers on at the same time in 2013, and they usually get filed alongside China as "Asian observers." But Tokyo and Seoul are not the same actor.Alma Karabeg is writing her PhD on Japan and S...
