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New Arctic Council leadership – and a special journal issue on its future

As Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands take over the chairship of the Arctic Council on 12 May, a new special issue of the Norwegian journal Internasjonal politikk explores what lies ahead for the Council in a time of rising geopolitical tension.
In Memory of Arild Underdal (1946–2025)

Arild Underdal was an exceptionally strong academic presence and a key figure in the development of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute over several decades.
Congratulations to Andreas Østhagen – Polhøgda’s Newest Research Professor

'Becoming a research professor before turning 40 was a goal,' grins the newly promoted Research Professor.

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Upcoming events

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Arctic Security Conference 2025: Managing Fragmentation and Polarization 18 September

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Norge og Arktisk råd ('Norway and the Arctic Council")

Serafima Andreeva and Svein Vigeland Rottem

Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 83, No 1, 2025, pp. 67-79. In Norwegian.
Nei, Trump er ikke en katastrofe for Kina (No, Trump is not a disaster for China)

Iselin Stensdal

Aftenposten, May 13, 2025. In Norwegian.
EUs avhengighet av USA har blitt en farlig situasjon å være i (Europe’s reliance on the US has become dangerous)

Iver B. Neumann

Altinget, May 13, 2025. In Norwegian.
Arktisk samarbeid i krise i skyggen av stormaktenes rivalisering (Arctic cooperation under pressure from great power rivalry)

Svein Vigeland Rottem, Christian Prip and Serafima Andreeva

High North News, May 12, 2025. In Norwegian.
The Arctic Council in the Shadow of Geopolitics

Marc Jacobsen and Svein Vigeland Rottem

The Arctic Institute, May 12, 2025.
Core Issues in Russia’s Arctic economy: Plans and challenges for shipping and resource extraction

Arild Moe

In Elena Conde and Corine Wood-Donnelly (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Governance. Routledge, 2025, pp. 497-512.
Kappløpet mot bunnen (The race to the bottom)

Hanna Mortensdatter Vandeskog

Klassekampen, May 9, 2025. In Norwegian.

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Latest books

Knausgaard in Context

Iver B. Neumann (ed)

Scandinavian University Press, 2025, 206 p.
China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold?

Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund (eds)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 257 p.
The Sun Also Rises in Portugal: Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions

Siddharth Sareen

Bristol University Press, 2024, 168 p.

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In focus

Polhøgda in springtime. Foto: Jan D. Sørenssen/FNI

FNI seeks Master's students (information in Norwegian)

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FNI wins Think Tank Award

For the third year in a row, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has won the prestigious Prospect Think Tank Award.

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Book award to FNI Director

FNI's Director, Iver B. Neumann, has been awarded this year’s Guicciardini prize for best book in historical international relations.

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