Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure
Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure
The recently destroyed Kakhovka Dam and the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station are inextricably linked legacies o... Read more
16 Jun 2023
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1hr 17mins
Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic
Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic
The United States is an Arctic country on account of Alaska, which has for almost 50 years been a major domestic source ... Read more
22 May 2023
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1hr 8mins
World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance
World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance
Arctic megaconferences like the annual Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø and the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik have becom... Read more
15 Feb 2023
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34mins
Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit
Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit
Despite the Covid crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Livin... Read more
15 Dec 2022
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44mins
Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki
Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki
Although the Arctic Council has remained on pause since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, multilateral interactions and dipl... Read more
25 Nov 2022
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24mins
Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition
Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition
With energy and strategic raw materials increasingly at the center of geopolitics, the European Union’s first Arctic amb... Read more
2 Nov 2022
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29mins
Arctic Politics present and past: Prof. Oran Young reflects on governance, Gorbachev and the current Arctic Council crisis
Arctic Politics present and past: Prof. Oran Young reflects on governance, Gorbachev and the current Arctic Council crisis
In this moment of crisis, Prof. Oran Young shares insights accumulated across four decades, a time during which he laid ... Read more
26 Sep 2022
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44mins
Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine
Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine
Facing the most serious crisis since its founding in 1996, the future of the Arctic Council—currently on pause due to Ru... Read more
4 May 2022
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33mins
Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War
Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War
Arctic and Russia expert Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies at Loughborough University, joins the podcast f... Read more
9 Apr 2022
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49mins
Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds
Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds
Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London and author of the recent book Border Wars: ... Read more
17 Mar 2022
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36mins