Diaspora politics is a main source of influence in countries hosting sizeable immigrant communities, especially those whose native nationalities have been almost completely wiped out and who have completely been rebuilt by immigrants.

The role of NGOs in the making of the foreign policy of the Western countries has been object of intense studies for a long time.

A total of 8.7 billion Sm³ oil equivalents (o.e.) have been sold from the Norwegian continental shelf. Over the last ten years, more gas than oil has been sold measured in o.e. In the period 1985-2005, oil production was significantly higher than gas production. The proven resources have increased by 16 million Sm³ of o.e. compared with 2023.

What is the main domestic problem on expeditions? Where does a researcher feel at home—in St. Petersburg or in the Arctic? Is the image of a polar explorer true?—We interviewed Igor Vasilevich, junior research fellow at the Department of Hydrology of estuaries and water resources of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).

To explain the roots of the upcoming Western defeat, which Todd foresaw when most Western politicians and pundits believed – often sincerely – that the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive would have brought Russia to its knees and forced it to accept a Versailles-like humiliating peace treaty, Todd analyses the nature of “zero religion”.

What is the 'super-objective' of hydrology? What mainstreams exist in science? What is the interest of studying snow in the Arctic?—We interviewed Igor Vasilevich, junior research fellow at the Department of Hydrology of estuaries and water resources of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).

After almost 30 years of distinguished service, the Council of Science and Humanities proposed a new research icebreaker to replace the Polarstern, the research vessel of the German Alfred Wegener Institute.

Germany has been traditionally a land power. Unlike some of its neighbours such as the Netherlands, Denmark and France, which used to have remarkable overseas empires, German expansion occurred mostly by land, in particularly eastwards – see Drang nach Osten – while its colonial empire was short-lived and left few traces.

The true story of a Finnish pilot Kaarlo Rajala, whose career in aviation lasted more than 50 years, but by some reason he once confused the flight route.

As a result of a confluence of unfavorable factors in July 1976, Finnish pilot instructor Kaarlo Rajala and cadet Taito Polet, who flew from the Ivalo region in northern Finland in a light two-seater Cessna (Cessna 150 OH CBX) to the city of Kemi, located on the shore of the Gulf of Bothnia, crossed the state border with the USSR and, having flown to Kandalaksha with an intermediate landing at the Soviet military airfield in Alakurtti, made an emergency landing with a nose-over on the shore of Lake Sergozero in the southeastern part of the Kola Peninsula. 

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.

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 to observe an important facility – the construction of the Verkhnetulomskaya hydroelectric power station, located in the western part of the Kola Peninsula.

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.

In December 1974, representatives from Canadian and U.S. subnational entities and from the capital cities of Norway, Sweden and Finland convened on the Japanese island of Sapporo for the first International Conference on Human Environment in Northern Regions.

Strategically located between Russia, China, India and the Greater Middle East, Kazakhstan may have a bright future in what some analysts call the upcoming Asian Century. Goods can be transported in seven directions from and towards Kazakhstan (north-westwards towards European Russia, northwards towards the Arctic, north-eastwards towards Eastern Siberia and Vladivostok, eastwards towards China, southwards towards Afghanistan and Pakistan, south-westwards towards Iran and westwards towards the South Caucasus), and this would allow Kazakhstan to become the main logistical hub of Eurasia.

The Arctic Century has interviewed Alexander Osadchiev, a Russian oceanologist, a leading researcher at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

The Indigenous People of the North live in an apparently contradictory situation. Given their isolation from traditional trade routes and the harshness of the climate of the regions they live in, they never developed statal organisations, let alone imperial ones, and their land was often subject to territorial conquest by more powerful neighbours.

Since 1945, the US has pursued a grand strategy that prioritizes building and maintaining its unrivaled network of allies and partners. This approach was temporarily replaced during the Trump administration with its “America first” policy, which adopted a more questioning and confrontational tone. However, since President Biden took office in 2021, the United States has reverted to a more traditional approach, emphasizing the importance of alliances and efforts to deepen and expand them. The 2022 National Defense Strategy and the 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Strategy for the Arctic consider the U.S. friends a "center of gravity," indeed, a term in military planning jargon, thus embedding American national security interests on “globe-spanning network of alliances and partnerships”. The point is that these documents articulate the security cooperation entails formal alliances, multilateral coalitions, and military-to-military engagements among nation-states.

In Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital, the 11th edition of the Arctic Circle Assembly – the premier annual event focused on the Arctic – has come to an end. This year’s gathering, like the previous ones, brought together dozens of nations, hundreds of institutions and universities and thousands of participants. The Italian Osservatorio Artico magazine was present too, with three accredited journalists covering the event.

During the latest decades, a number of challenges have been emerging, which have the potential to destroy not only Indigenous people's traditional lifestyle, but also their mere existence as separate groups, making them susceptible of assimilation or marginalisation. Let's check the different approaches to the problem.

As sanctions against Novatek projects become a certainty, the company has put two LNG projects on hold. However, the company will likely reprofile.