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Japan Steps Up Its Arctic Engagement

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Russia’s Reaction to the US Continental Shelf Announcement: Political Posturing or Setting the Stage for a Big Move?

Russia rejects the US establishment of continental shelf’s limits, while leaving room for discussions on its own

More Political Theatrics as Russia wants to Denunciate UNCLOS in the Arctic – Leave the Performances for the Bolshoi

Russia considers exiting UNCLOS yet must still follow international law. Is this a strategic move or just Kremlin

Greenland stakes a Course within Defense and Diplomacy

Greenland's new foreign, security, and defense policy strategy stakes a course within Arctic defense and

The US Arctic Gambit: Testing the Limits of UNCLOS

US challenges norms by publishing extended continental shelf limits and fueling calls for Russia's UNCLOS

The Arctic Institute’s Queering the Arctic Series 2023: Conclusion

In The Arctic Institute’s 2023 series “Queering the Arctic”, the impact and purpose on studying queer Arctic life

China and the Arctic in 2023: Final Remarks

The Arctic Institute’s 2023 series about China and the Arctic has explored Beijing’s positions in and on the Far