The Arctic

Deligates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld,Pool

China

Balancing act: Major powers and the global response to US-China great power competition

Fiona Hill, Tanvi Madan, Amanda Sloat, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Bruce Jones, Emilie Kimball, Jesse I. Kornbluth, and Ted Reinert

July 2020

General view of Thule Air Base, Greenland, Denmark October 31, 2018. Picture taken October 31, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Linda Kastrup via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC1192531590

Order from Chaos

Punishing Denmark over Greenland shows Trump has defected to the autocrats

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Armed U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche stand watch as more than 39,000 pounds of seized cocaine is offloaded at Naval Base San Diego, California, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTX2QRU3

Order from Chaos

Always ready: Ensuring today’s Coast Guard can meet the challenges of tomorrow

Friday, December 2, 2016

The halfway point of the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Reports

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Report

The Greenland Gold Rush: Promise and Pitfalls of Greenland’s Energy and Mineral Resources

Tim Boersma and Kevin Foley

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

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Report

Offshore Oil and Gas Governance in the Arctic: A Leadership Role for the U.S.

Charles K. Ebinger, John P. Banks, and Alisa Schackmann

Monday, March 24, 2014

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Report

Finland Trip Report: Harnessing Offshore Opportunities in the Arctic

Charles K. Ebinger

Friday, July 26, 2013

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Report

A Complex Constellation: Displacement, Climate Change and Arctic Peoples

Elizabeth Ferris

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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Report

Climate Change and Displacement for Indigenous Communities in Arctic Scandinavia

Ilan Kelman and Marius Warg Næss

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Blog Posts

Radar dish and antennas systems are seen at the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association facility on Breinosa, Svalbard, in Norway. (REUTERS/Anna Filipova)

Order from Chaos

With Russia overextended elsewhere, Arctic cooperation gets a new chance

Pavel K. Baev and Tim Boersma

Thursday, February 18, 2016

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Order from Chaos

Yesterday, the Northern Lights went out: The Arctic and the future of global energy

Charles K. Ebinger

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

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Order from Chaos

The U.S. still needs Arctic energy

Charles K. Ebinger

Monday, September 14, 2015

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Events

Charting Japan’s Arctic strategy

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

U.S. leadership in the Arctic

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Natural Resource Development in Greenland: A Forum with Greenland’s Premier Aleqa Hammond

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Experts

Fiona Hill

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Pavel K. Baev

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

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Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

Governing a Changing Arctic

Fred Dews and John P. Banks

Friday, April 11, 2014

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Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: The Arctic as an Emerging Market

Friday, June 29, 2012

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