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Joint Statement on Creation of Joint Task Force to Negotiate Beaufort Sea Boundary, 24th September 2024. Excerpt: "To further our cooperation in the Arctic, Canada and the United States are announcing the creation of a joint Canada-U.S. task force to undertake negotiations on the maritime boundary in the Beaufort Sea, including resolving the overlap in the continental shelf in the Central Arctic Ocean. The area at issue is situated north of Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories." #Arctic #ContinentalShelf #MaritimeBoundary #BeaufortSea https://lnkd.in/gFUnRAgp

US, Canada and Finland will collaborate on the produciton of the ice-breakers for #Alaska in frames of the ICE Pact Agreement. #Infrastructure investment, particularly in icebreakers, is vital for the Arctic. Icebreakers ensure access to remote areas that are otherwise inaccessable, support strategic operations but also contrubute to communities economy, facilitate scientific research, and strengthen search-and-rescue and emergency preparedness. Read more here. https://lnkd.in/eQQNaZKp #Arctic Alice Rogoff Marybeth Sandell

The #ArcticCouncil, founded in 1996 by Russia, USA, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Greenland, and Canada, serves as an intergovernmental organization promoting collaboration and joint research in the Arctic. It has signed three binding treaties: Aviation and Maritime Search and Rescue (2011), Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (2013), and International Arctic Scientific Cooperation (2017). Despite the #UkraineCrisis impacting cooperation with #Russia, the Council remains pivotal for addressing Arctic challenges. Read more about "Norway’s Chairship of the Arctic Council, 2023-2025" in the latest #ICWAViewpoint by Kanishka Ajmera, RI, ICWA. Click 👉 bit.ly/3L4APcG

The Arctic has clearly been on China's mind the last few years, as is evinced by terms like "西北航道" (Northwest passage) and "沿岸国" (littoral state) making regular appearances in PRC press conferences. Principles such as "尊重、合作、共赢、可持续 " (respect, cooperation, win-win result[s] and sustainability), which specifically addresses China's approach to handling Arctic waters, have been highlighted in larger publications as well. In light of an article released on CNN just today titled "China’s Coast Guard claims to have entered the Arctic Ocean for the first time" (https://lnkd.in/ernN6-fh), it's probably a good time to revisit China's 2018 White Paper titled "China's Arctic Policy". Read it in parallel here: https://lnkd.in/eqvVC7E6

Have you ever thought of the role the polar regins is and should be playing in the EU's foreign policy ? Then you have got to read my piece on the EU's evolving Arctic policies.

Canada’s participation in a trilateral icebreaker project with the United States and Finland marks a historic turning point in Canadian foreign and defense policy. For decades, Ottawa has paid lip service to the Arctic while failing to back its rhetoric with substantial investments or a coherent strategy. Now, with this icebreaker collaboration, Canada seems to be shedding its complacency and embracing its identity as an Arctic power—a shift that could redefine the country’s geopolitical role in the 21st century. This deal isn’t just about building icebreakers; it’s a signal that Canada is finally taking its Arctic responsibilities seriously. However, to fulfill its promise, this initiative must be framed within the broader context of Canada’s recently announced Arctic Foreign Policy. This new policy, along with the invocation of “Our North Strong and Free,” emphasizes security, Indigenous rights, and sustainable development as twin pillars of Canada’s Arctic strategy. Together, these initiatives provide the policy backdrop to the icebreaker deal and other concrete efforts to reorient Canada’s strategic focus to the high North. Whether Canada can follow through remains an open question, but the stakes are too high for failure.

The Eu's arctic strategy will need revision, and the dance between EU, Greenland and Denmark is key to the evolution of EU policy on the polar regions. This is not about geopolitics, but raises important questions about our understanding of the stakes of the actors involved around the status of the Arctic Ocean, the delimitation of the North Pole and the conditions under which a High North, Low tension scenario could become a reality. I submit this depends too a large degree on The Danish Realm and the quality of the partnership between Denmark and its north atlantic territories , and on the treaty-making powers of the European Union. The entanglements are considerable and it will take years to sort out things, but this piece provides guidance how to proceed and explain why it is everyones interest to move forward in a determined manner.

Arctic sovereignty is on everyone's minds, particularly with the new Canadian Arctic Foreign Policy. What better time to revisit historic Arctic sovereignty with Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert? https://lnkd.in/dfSysiQP

Who takes part in the Arctic Council? How does it operate, and what are the main areas of its work? You're basic questions about the #ArcticCouncil answered in this 90 second snapshot 👇

#MostDownload Natural Resources Conflicts on Borderlands by the Five Spheres of Earth System ✍️ by Hansol Lee, Jeongeun Son, Suyeon Min, Haeun Lee and Mi Sun Park 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wLk28 #naturalresource #borderland #earthsystem