Back to Publications Chinese Ship Concludes Maiden Voyage Along “China-Europe Arctic Route” Reuters reported on October 14 that the Chinese container ship Istanbul Bridge has arrived in Felixstowe Port in the United Kingdom after a 20 day maiden voyage …
Back to Publications April 2025 Central Arctic Ocean Roundtable event at Tongji University. Photo: Min Pan A prominent Western narrative portrays China as eagerly pursuing economic and strategic goals in the Arctic. U.S. Defense Department documents refer …
Back to Publications A U.S. Coast Guard officer completes ice rescue training in 2018. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Over the last few months, there has been a lot of talk about what Arctic research is needed to advance the national interests of the United …
Back to Publications China’s Yellow River Arctic Station on Svalbard, 2010. Photo: Eating the Sun China’s role in the Arctic continues to be an important research focus in 2025. The Arctic Institute’s 2025 Series on China’s role in the Arctic presents over …
Back to Publications Trump Cuts Funding for Arctic Research Consortium Forcing it to Shut Down After 37 Years Alaska Beacon reported on September 19 that the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), founded in 1988, will shut down its …
Back to Publications Russia’s Zapolyarnoye natural gas field on the Gydan Peninsula in 2016. Photo: Gazprom The Arctic Institute NATO Series 2024-2025 Ironically, even as Russia embarked on its expansionist war, Moscow remained committed at the outset of …
Back to Publications Arctic re-militarization had already been under way for several years, but since 2022 has greatly intensified. Photo: Robert Sullivan The Arctic Institute NATO Series 2024-2025 Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a …
Back to Publications American air power is a long-standing pillar of NATO’s northern force posture. Photo: PxHere NATO must consider a variety of non-military factors that inform an innovative, accountable, maximally situationally aware, and minimally …
Back to Publications Second Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Reaches Grounded Cargo Ship As reported by Eye on the Arctic on September 8, a second Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, the CCGS Jean Goodwill, has arrived in the Franklin Strait, where the cargo ship …
Back to Publications Flowers bloom across the harsh Arctic landscape. Photo: Khoeriyah The Arctic Institute Resilient Roots Series 2025 Aside from their visually striking and brightly colored blooms, the diverse roles of flowering plants often go unnoticed …
Back to Publications LUMI supercomputer HPE Cray EX. Photo: Mikael Kanerva The recent visits of Canadian ministers Anita Anand to Finland and Mélanie Joly to Sweden mark a notable deepening of Canada’s ties with two of the most technologically advanced …
Back to Publications Russian Tanker Delivers First Arctic LNG 2 Shipment to China As reported by Reuters on August 29, China received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, according to ship-tracking data …
Back to Publications Economic reforms and military spending from NATO’s increased presence materializes in militarization of the Nordic Arctic and affects demographic, economic and environmental domains in the Nordic Arctic. Photo: superphoto.be The Arctic …
Back to Publications A low-growing lingonberry bush nestled in forest undergrowth. Photo: Malin K. The Arctic Institute Resilient Roots Series 2025 Berries are the few fruit-bearing plants capable of surviving in the Arctic and sub-Arctic’s harsh …
Back to Publications Wooden cabin nestled in a Norwegian valley, surrounded by a lush sprawl of native vegetation. Photo: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen When I mentioned Arctic flora to my grandmother, who’s spent a lifetime tending windswept Scottish gardens, I …
Back to Publications This article aims to examine the ramifications of clearer but also more adversarial posturing in the Arctic through the analysis of two domains of international policymaking: climate change mitigation and the exploitation of natural …
Back to Publications The Arctic maritime domain serves as a critical testbed for operationalizing NATO’s Climate Change and Security Action Plan. Photo: Pxhere.com The Arctic Institute NATO Series 2024-2025 Since 2021 and until recently, NATO has bolstered …
Back to Publications Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. Photo: Ekaterina Uryupova The global research community has been collecting regular data about Earth for decades. With access to modern technologies and the potential to store massive amounts of …
Back to Publications Left to Right – Cynthia Lazaroff (Board Member of the Arctic Institute), Pavel Devyatkin (Senior Associate at The Arctic Institute), Anatol Lieven (Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute), Jennifer Spence (Director of …
Back to Publications Orbis et Globus, symbolizing cycles in Arctic knowledge and geopolitics. Photo: Andrii Gladii The Arctic Institute Knowledge Production Series 2025 In The Myth of Sisyphus,1)Camus A (1942). Le Mythe de Sisyphe. Paris: Gallimard. Albert …
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