Polar Geopolitics – Arctic and Antarctic analysis
Polar Geopolitics - Arctic and Antarctic analysis
Podcast Description
A podcast on the Arctic and Antarctica
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Content Themes
This podcast delves into a variety of critical themes including Arctic governance, security dynamics, climate change, and international relations, with episodes featuring discussions on the Future of the Arctic Council, Greenland's role in global geopolitics, and the implications of Arctic resource exploration. Specific topics include the analysis of Danish diplomacy regarding Greenland and U.S.-Denmark relations, as well as the environmental and political challenges faced in Antarctic governance.

A podcast on the Arctic and Antarctica that applies the lens of geopolitics to analyze a wide range of critical issues pertaining to the polar regions and international affairs. In interviews with leading experts, recurring topics include Greenland, the Arctic Council, climate change, critical raw materials, the Antarctic Treaty System, hybrid warfare, science diplomacy, great power competition between the United States, China and Russia, sustainable development, Svalbard, NATO, Arctic shipping, Alaska, AI, technology and critical infrastructure, the Baltic Sea, military and national security, energy, the role of indigenous peoples in Arctic governance, and more. Polar Geopolitics is hosted by Dr. Eric Paglia, a podcast producer and environmental historian at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
The strategic location of Greenland within the proposed Golden Dome missle defense system has been one of the Trump Administration’s main arguments for acquiring the massive Arctic island. To explain how the futuristic system would work, and why Greenland and the Arctic are crucial for protecting North America against ballistic and hypersonic cruise missles, Dr. Troy Bouffard, director of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Center for Arctic Security and Resilience, joins the podcast. He also discusses the strained—yet in some sectors stable—state of US-European and US-Canadian relations, the indispensible role of NORAD, and the great importance of recent NATO activities like Arctic Sentry and Cold Response for maintaining strong Transatlantic ties for Arctic security in turbulent times.
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