The Arctic Century

The Finnish eastern border accounts for more than half of the EU and NATO's total border with Russia. In Finland, people had hoped for concrete solutions—and money—to protect the border.

The Swedish government wants to encourage immigrants to return by significantly increasing the financial repatriation grant.

In recent years, Greenland has shifted from being a largely marginal—even though vast—territory of the Kingdom of Denmark to one of the most closely watched focal points of Arctic and international politics. For decades, it had remained on the periphery of global debate, known more for its symbolic role in the climate question than for its political weight. Today, however, the island stands at the center of a network of interests that unites—and sometimes opposes—Copenhagen, Brussels, Washington, Moscow and Beijing, while also looking inwards with an increasingly distinct identity.

President Donald Trump is serious about shipbuilding. In July, he transferred the agency responsible for shipbuilding from the National Security Council to the White House...

The Russian business mission to Qingdao is opening doors to the Arctic, which will allow companies to explore opportunities in the region.

Finland's northern and eastern regions have good reason to fear the loss of EU millions: the amount will decrease and Helsinki would decide on the money.

Norway refuses to pay compensation for occupational illnesses and disabilities to oil industry pioneers who, at the cost of their health, laid the foundations for the Scandinavian country's high prosperity. Only 92 oil industry veterans remain alive, demanding compensation of 8 million kroner (800,000 kroner) each, a total of 1 million USD.

Since its founding in 1996, the Arctic Council has been the institutional core of cooperation in the North. Created to promote dialogue among the eight Arctic states and various organizations of indigenous peoples, it provided for more than twenty-five years a rare form of stability in international relations. That mechanism is now in deep crisis. The suspension of relations with Russia after 2022, following the special military operation in Ukraine, has disrupted the very principle on which the Council was built: the ability to cooperate despite global tensions...