Amazing!

Indeed he is. Yet he joins the world’s dictators.

www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/derfo... A new commentary with @kariagam.bsky.social about how the leaders of China and Russia are seeking to rewrite World War II history for modern-day strategic goals. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social has just announced a new Associate Professor position in Gender Studies at the UiT Centre for Women's and Gender Research.

www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci... Discussed the upcoming military parade in Beijing, and the domestic and regional security implications of the event, for @france24.com‬ this week. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahra... Commented on this week's Tianjin #SCO summit and the upcoming military parade in Beijing, and who was on the invite list and why, for this article in #Seznam Zprávy. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

overthecircle.com/2025/08/30/n... My new post in @overthecircle.bsky.social about Norway's revised Arctic strategy and the upcoming election. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Missing the islands! 😎 #St.Kitts

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... Commented this week for an article in @telegraphnews.bsky.social‬ about the latest policy salvos between Denmark and the US over Greenland. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/world/russia... Quoted in the @thetimes.com this week about #Arctic security and great power clashes in the wake of the Alaska summit. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

focustaiwan.tw/business/202... Nanaimo becomes #Taiwan 's third partner port in Canada.

www.derstandard.at/story/300000... Quoted in @derstandard.at today about the controversy surrounding the decision to restrict Chinese students from studies at the University Centre in Svalbard / UNIS @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/ytre... Commented for an article in @dagsavisen.bsky.social about the impact of last month's Upper House elections in #Japan 🇯🇵 and the roles of populism and economic uncertainty in the voting. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm... Quoted yesterday by Norway #NRK on the controversies surrounding Chinese research and dual-use questions in #Svalbard. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

overthecircle.com/about/ The profile page for @overthecircle.bsky.social has just been updated! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci... Quoted this week in @france24.com about how China's planned #Motuo Dam project may have serious geopolitical implications in South Asia. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Just published! Congratulations to my colleagues on their new article, 'Polar Projections: Political Geographies of Arctic Mapping' in Political Geography. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Reading covered for the month! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

overthecircle.com/2025/07/04/y... A new ‪@overthecircle.bsky.social‬ post today on how Norway has been addressing challenges to its sovereignty in Svalbard. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Happy Canada Day! Bonne fête du Canada! ᐅᐱᒃᓴᖅ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑉᓗᖓ! 🇨🇦

www.tv2.no/nyheter/uten... Commented on this TV2 Norway piece on the decision by the Australian government to hold lotteries for citizens of #Tuvalu to immigrate, in light of ongoing climate change threats in the Pacific Islands. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

80°N! Visiting the ice line off of Svalbard last week. Thanks to @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social for organizing this great excursion!

Gave a (virtual) presentation today at Academia Sinica, Taipei, on how China and Russia are challenging the concept of the ‘rules-based order’ in the Arctic. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Delivered comments about economic security and geopolitical challenges, including the Sino-American trade conflict, to a European Free Trade Association meeting today. The EFTA has just signed a liberalized trade agreement with Malaysia. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

time.com/7296139/chin... Quoted in @time.com this week on the Middle East policy dilemmas facing Beijing as it seeks a mediation role in the Iran-Israel conflict. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.france24.com/fr/moyen-ori... Quoted today in @france24.com about China’s reactions, and policy choices, re the Iran-Israel conflict. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.edx.org/learn/social... The new ARCADE online course on 'Social and Environmental Leadership in the Arctic', sponsored by @haskoliislands.bsky.social , is now online. Happy to be a part of this new project! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

liia.lv/en/publicati... The new book, 'Not Important Enough to Neglect: Taiwan in the Diplomacy of Northern and Central Europe' is now available open access. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Attended a book launch today in Riga by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and the #Taiwan Mission in Latvia and Estonia. I wrote on EU-Taiwan 🇪🇺🇹🇼 relations for this project. Big thanks to the editors and authors! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Representing @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social at the World Congress of Taiwan Studies today, including chairing a session about Taiwanese approaches to International Political Economy.

Honoured to represent @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social this afternoon at a seminar hosted by #TaiwanICDF and the National Central Library on comparative approaches to aid-for-trade policies. I spoke on examples from Canada and the Nordic region, including environmental and local knowledge aspects.

Talking #Arctic, (and Greenland! 🇬🇱) at National Chengchi University -International Relations. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Happy to represent @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social at the 99th anniversary celebrations at National Ilan University this week!

edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/c... Quoted this evening by @cnn.com about how #China has factored into the current occupant of the White House's stance on #Greenland. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social ; @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Congratulations to Florian Vidal and Louna Saas for their new report in #PolarScience ! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

Enjoyed visiting National Sun Yat-sen University in #Kaohsiung last week to lecture on Arctic security challenges! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/this-de... Quoted today on the possible removal of the venerable stone lions from the Chinese Yellow River facilities in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social ; @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social

overthecircle.com/2025/04/20/c... A new @overthecircle.bsky.social post this weekend on how the upcoming Canadian election might affect the country's #Arctic policies going forward. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social ; @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social

ips.nsysu.edu.tw/news/page/ev... Really looking forward to the upcoming guest lecture at National Sun Yat-sen University on how great power rivalries have spilled over into the #Arctic. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/... The latest news as #Taiwan begins to formalise its 'grey zone' strategies.

Did you miss our recent collection out on Canadian Arctic #defense and #foreignpolicy?

www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-... Commented for this new story in @france24.com on how #China might react to this new, and wildly erratic, trade war. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

One of the best jobs in the world is up for grabs: @npr.org is hiring for a China correspondent job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

www.ft.com/content/76fd... Quoted this evening in the @financialtimes.com about how Arctic states are preparing, including militarily, for the challenges now being created by Russia and China in the far north. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The penguins have yet to comment...

With NAADSN contributions from Whitney Lackenbauer, @marclanteigne.bsky.social, Ryan Dean, @kariroberts.bsky.social, @adamlajeunesse.bsky.social, Ernie Regehr, Suzanne Lalonde, Thomas Hughes and Justin Barnes

www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e... 'Canada has a rare and urgent opportunity to position itself as a leader in research and innovation — strengthening our productivity, creativity and innovation.'

overthecircle.com/2025/03/24/g... A new post in @overthecircle.bsky.social on the aftermath of the elections in #Greenland and renewed US pressure for annexation. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social