The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO became a turning point marked the fragmentation of the Arctic into two camps: Russia versus NATO. This change will decisively impact Arctic politics including issues of security and international cooperation.

Donald Trump has reiterated his desire to buy the country and this time does not reject the use of military or economic coercion if he does not get his way. In Beijing, Moscow and several other capitals, Greenland has also risen higher on the agenda in recent years.

How does the distance shape the unique economy of the Arctic, and why is it so important?

Picking apart the rubble left in the economy by Iceland's previous government, the country's new government is looking to clean up the financial sector by continuing the privatisation of banks in which the state has held a stake. The 'casino nation', Iceland, whose record bankruptcy in 2008 stunned Europe, and especially depositors from the UK and the Netherlands, is looking to clean up its increasingly private banking sector to make it more attractive to investors.

For a long time, after the 1980s, the Arctic region gained significance as an exceptional zone of peace, a region that bears no pretext for conflicts and may even become a sort of olive branch that, instead of generating conflicts, resolves them.

In the summer of 1962, an American spy flew a first-generation hang glider to cross the Soviet-Finnish border and carry out a CIA mission...

We focus on Finland, which has emerged as one of Europe's leading Powers in the sphere of icebreakers.

This year's forum, Arctic: Today and the Future, was held for the 14th time. The event was named after its legendary pioneer, polar explorer Artur Chilingarov. As outlined in the programme, the priority of the event focused on a 'human-centred' Arctic.