1. U.S. strategic interests in the High North
(News/Latest)

Geopolitics in the High North high level conference in Washington, DC On 28-29 April 2010, the Geopolitics in the High North research programme conducted its first, annual conference at the Center ...

2. Articles and papers 2009
(Publications/Publications)

...  Valur Ingimundarson: "Iceland ’s Post-American Security Policy, Russian Geopolitics and the Arctic Question", Rusi Journal, 154 (4) 2009 Katarzyna Zysk: "Geopolitics in the Arctic: The Russian ...

3. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
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... Defence and Security. 2/2008 Valur Ingimundarson: “Iceland’s Security Policy and Geopolitics in the High North”, in K. Skogrand (ed.): Emerging from the Frost. Security in the 21st century Arctic, ...

4. Events 2009
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... Assembly Oslo, 23 May 2009. Paal Sigurd Hilde: "Geopolitics in the Arctic. Perspectives on Arctic Security". NATO ambassadors tour, Tromsø 28 May 2009. Dag Harald Claes: “The High ...

5. Events 2010
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... Series, 'Knowledges, Resources and Legal Regimes: the New Geopolitics of the Polar Regions', Liverpool, 25 March 2010 Clive Archer: "Norway and the United Kingdom in the High North", Symposium ...

6. Polar politics theme week at Atlantic-community.org
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New articles: The online think tank Atlantic-community.org is running a series of articles focusing on the Arctic. Three researchers from Geopolitics in the High North are contributing: Ingrid Lundestad ...

7. ISA 2010 - new papers on Arctic challenges
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Research papers: Geopolitics in the High North researchers participated with panels on security challenges and resource and environmental challenges at the International Studies Association's ...

8. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
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... Were the assessments of the Arctic petroleum potential exaggerated?   By Harald H. Eie, Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies and participant in GeoPolitics in the High North ...

9. Canada and the Arctic:
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... Canadian and international focus on the Arctic.  Two Canadian participants in the Geopolitics in the High North programme have presented somewhat different recommendations on how Canada should adapt ...

10. Will US navy Arctic roadmap increase tension?
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Expert comment: In October 2009, the U.S. Navy (USN) released a new roadmap for its activities relating to the Arctic for the next five years. The document stipulates a number of initiatives and actions ...

11. Russia's energy strategy up to 2030
(News/Latest)

Expert comment: On August 27, 2009, the government of the Russian Federation approved the Energy Strategy for the period up to 2030 (the Strategy).  The tempo of post-crisis economic recovery has been ...

12. Arctic Security Policy and Law in an Age of Climate Change
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... to explore the impact of climate change on Arctic security for the Chief of Naval Operations. Participants of the program “Geopolitics in the High North”, Rolf Tamnes, Katarzyna Zysk, Lawson W. Brigham, ...

13. Barents Rescue 2009 and emergency preparedness in the High North
(News/Latest)

... Institute for Defence Studies and participant in GeoPolitics in the High North programme.  Most of the activity in the High North is located around the border area between Norway and Russia. In ...

14. Shtokman - what is happening?
(News/Latest)

... Nansen Institute and participant in the GeoPolitics in the High North programme. According to plan, the final decision on the gigantic Shtokman development will be taken in early 2010. Until then, continued ...

15. Seminar: Europe and the US: Is the honeymoon over?
(News/Latest)

... to the Chairman of the Board of the American Red Cross, and as a senior advisor at the Center for European Policy Analysis. CSIS is a partner institution in the Geopolitics in the High North program.  ...

16. In Norway
(About us/Our Partners)

The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), specialises in the fields of geopolitics, as well as Norwegian and international security, including Russian, American and High North security. IFS has ...

17. International
(About us/Our Partners)

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC is one of the world’s most prominent research institutes. It ranks among the leading institutes within the fields of geopolitics, ...

18. Climate change and environmental protection
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Climate Change and Environmental Protection is one of eight work packages in the Geopolitics in the High North research programme. This work package examines the adequacy of the Arctic institutional ...

19. Law of the sea and ocean governance
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... Sea and Ocean Governance is one of the work packages in the Geopolitics in the High North research programme. In this work package, we will address three inter-related questions, the first and second circumpolar ...

20. The power of energy
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... at the  Fridtjof Nansen Institute and participant in the GeoPolitics in the High North programme.  According to plan, the final decision on the gigantic Shtokman development will be taken ...