The Arctic Century

Norwegian youth should be taught in school what total defense is and what the individual's role is in a war situation, says Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen. A recent survey conducted for Universitas by Sentio, however, found that only 12 percent of Oslo students were willing to defend Norway militarily.

Less than three weeks before the referendum on resuming EU accession negotiations, an Icelandic food producer with decades of family ties to China argues that membership in Brussels' common trade policy would cost Iceland the freedom to make its own free trade agreements—the very freedom that opened the Chinese market to Icelandic companies in 2013.

The 62nd EEA Council barely mentions the Arctic in its conclusions, yet its agenda—security, resilience, energy, critical infrastructure, and fisheries—shows how Arctic concerns are becoming embedded in wider European policy structures.

At this year's Riddu Riđđu festival, Sámi and Kven representatives discussed for the first time joining forces against the state bureaucracy and capital interests threatening the fishing rights at the heart of both cultures.