Best Eric Paglia Podcasts (2024)

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Mobilizing Arctic expertise: Seven scientific themes for Arctic Frontiers 2025 33:44

4d ago33:44

33:44

Science and expert knowledge are pivotal for meeting many of the environmental challenges, economic opportunities and geopolitical imperatives of the contemporary Arctic. The Arctic Frontiers conference reflects this fact through its selection of seven scientific themes that serve as pillars for the annual event held every January in Tromsø, Norway…

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Antarctic science or polar oil exploration? Prof. Klaus Dodds on Russia’s grey zone activities in the Weddell Sea 40:59

1M ago40:59

40:59

Reports of Russia’s discovery of huge oil reserves in Antarctic waters has caused concern in some quarters over (frozen) territorial claims and the future of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which permanently bans mining in and around the continent. Prof. Klaus Dodds, whose recent testimony for a UK parliamentary in…

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Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration 1:26:27

2M ago1:26:27

1:26:27

“Greenland is the most dynamic piece in the new Arctic security jigsaw puzzle”, according to a new book that applies the international relations theory of securitization to analyze the security and geopolitics of Greenland and the Arctic. Marc Jacobsen, Ole Wæver and Ulrik Pram Gad, co-editors and authors of Greenland in Arctic Security: (De)securi…

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From the Barents Sea to the Bering Strait: Arctic geopolitics at the regional and local levels 40:24

3M ago40:24

40:24

In this episode of the Polar Geopolitics podcast, recorded live at the 2024 Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway, host Eric Paglia interviews Andreas Østhagen of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Kelsey Frazier from the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. The discussion ranges from global trends affecting the geopolitical posit…

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Northern Flank: Arctic-Baltic security interconnections since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland 1:04:34

3M ago1:04:34

1:04:34

To analyze the transformed security environment in Northern Europe since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland, this episode features an interview with Minna Ålander, research fellow at the Finish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki. The in-depth discussion, at time when the Nordic countries have been engaged with their NATO partners …

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Ian Bremmer on Antarctica and the geopolitics of the polar regions 23:20

5M ago23:20

23:20

Dr. Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, joins the podcast to discuss Antarctica and the short- and long-term impacts of climate change and the emerging green transition on the geopolitics of the polar regions. Dr. Bremmer, who recently returned from a trip to Antarctica, also explains how the six-decade success stor…

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Sustainable development, community resilience and regional security in a globally connected Arctic with Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director of Arctic Frontiers 32:25

6M ago32:25

32:25

Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director of Arctic Frontiers and former director of the Arctic Economic Council, joins the podcast to discuss sustainable development, economic opportunities and the Green Transition that is taking place in the Arctic alongside structural changes in the regional security environment. With the annual Arctic Frontiers confer…

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Data cable crossroad or circumpolar chokepoint: The geopolitics of subsea infrastructure in the Arctic 48:59

7M ago48:59

48:59

The deployment of subsea data cables across different marine areas of the circumpolar North has become a significant development in discussions of Arctic geopolitics. Meanwhile security concerns over subsea infrastructure have become heightened by recent incidents involving the disruption and destruction of energy pipelines and telecommunication ca…

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Russia, security and the effects of NATO enlargement in the Arctic 55:40

9M ago55:40

55:40

The security situation in the Arctic has changed significantly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, although the military buildup in the region began well before 2022. Katarzyna Zysk, professor of International Relations and Contemporary History at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, joins the podcast to discuss Russia’s military posture in…

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Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure 1:17:45

1y ago1:17:45

1:17:45

The recently destroyed Kakhovka Dam and the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station are inextricably linked legacies of Soviet energy infrastructure that have become major concerns in the midst of the war in Ukraine. Achim Klüppelberg from the Nuclear Waters project at KTH Royal Institute of Technology is an expert on nuclear energy in Ukraine an…

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Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic 1:08:22

1y ago1:08:22

1:08:22

The United States is an Arctic country on account of Alaska, which has for almost 50 years been a major domestic source of oil and natural gas, facilitated by the extensive Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Alaska has thus been critical for US energy security, as well as national defense due to its close proximity to Russia. However, despite popular pe…

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World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance 34:59

1+ y ago34:59

34:59

Arctic megaconferences like the annual Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø and the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik have become critical meeting places that literally provide a world stage for the performance of Arctic governance and geopolitics. They have further served a particularly important purpose in the absence of official gatherings during the Ar…

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Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit 44:41

1+ y ago44:41

44:41

Despite the Covid crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources took certain steps forward on the management of key Southern Ocean fisheries during the recent Swedish CCAMLR chairmanship, which concluded in November at the organization’s annual meeting in Hobart. The creation of ne…

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Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki 24:57

1+ y ago24:57

24:57

Although the Arctic Council has remained on pause since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, multilateral interactions and diplomatic activity among senior Arctic officials (excluding representatives of Russia) has by no means come to a complete stop. Meanwhile, some stakeholders, particularly the Permanent Participant indigenous peoples’ organizations in…

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Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition 29:39

1+ y ago29:39

29:39

With energy and strategic raw materials increasingly at the center of geopolitics, the European Union’s first Arctic ambassador argues that Europe should look to certain areas of the Arctic in implementing its Green New Deal and transition towards renewables. Ambassador Marie-Anne Coninsx, senior associate fellow at the Egmont Institute in Brussels…

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Arctic Politics present and past: Prof. Oran Young reflects on governance, Gorbachev and the current Arctic Council crisis 44:25

1+ y ago44:25

44:25

In this moment of crisis, Prof. Oran Young shares insights accumulated across four decades, a time during which he laid the foundation for analyzing Arctic politics, and actively promoted governance initiatives in the circumpolar North. He also reflects on the legacy of Mikael Gorbachev, who was instrumental in establishing the idea of the Arctic a…

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Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine 33:56

2y ago33:56

33:56

Facing the most serious crisis since its founding in 1996, the future of the Arctic Council—currently on pause due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—has become fraught with uncertainty. What role, if any, can Russia possibly play in polar governance institutions if and when the conflict it started eventually subsides? Evan T. Bloom, a Senior Fellow a…

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Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War 49:20

2y ago49:20

49:20

Arctic and Russia expert Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies at Loughborough University, joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on the implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Arctic and Baltic security, Eurasian geopolitics and the liberal international order, as well as the threat of nuclear escalation and the possibil…

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Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds 36:22

2+ y ago36:22

36:22

Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London and author of the recent book Border Wars: The Conflicts that will Define our Future, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Arctic Council and Antarctic Treaty System, on Baltic security and UNCLOS processes, and the ways in whic…

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Geopolitical spillover: Analyzing the Arctic implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 32:08

2+ y ago32:08

32:08

The tensions in Arctic relations that began after the 2014 Crimea crisis will in all likelihood be greatly exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Could the new security situation in Europe, together with the increased military activity in the High North in recent years, lead to an Arctic arms race? Russia and Arctic expert Mathieu Boulègue…

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Camp Century, the US Army’s under-ice Arctic base: A story of Cold War--and contemporary—geopolitics in Greenland 39:57

2+ y ago39:57

39:57

Camp Century, a 1960s US Army base embedded in the Greenland ice sheet, was not only a High Arctic test site for advanced technologies—including a modular nuclear reactor—and secret military schemes at the height of the Cold War, but also a seminal location for the extraction of ice cores that would become an important baseline for modern climate s…

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EU Arctic Policy and Geopolitics with Amb. Michael Mann 46:36

2+ y ago46:36

46:36

The European Union updated its Arctic policy in October with a communication that took a strong stand on climate change—calling for hydrocarbons to be left in the ground—and pronounced its status as an Arctic geopolitical actor that would assert its interests across the circumpolar North. Ambassador Michael Mann, the EU Special Envoy for Arctic Mat…

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Brazil and the Antarctic Geopolitics of South America 25:52

2+ y ago25:52

25:52

Despite asserting itself as a regional and global power, Brazil has traditionally taken a back seat to Chile and Argentina in terms of the Antarctic geopolitics of South America. Why has this been the case, and will Brazil continue its somewhat limited engagement relative to the extensive Antarctic programs of its neighbors? Ignacio Javier Cardone,…

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Making the case for the controversial Davis Aerodrome in East Antarctica 36:12

3y ago36:12

36:12

Australia’s plans to build a 2.7 km airstrip and other infrastructure in the ice-free Vestfold Hills near its Davis Station in East Antarctica have been heavily criticized, primarily on environmental grounds. The aerodrome, which Australia contends would improve scientific access to the continent and facilitate search and rescue operations, could a…

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Science and geopolitics in Svalbard: the Ny-Ålesund Research Station 33:57

3y ago33:57

33:57

Hosting scientific facilities representing 12 countries, the Ny-Ålesund Research Station in Svalbard is perhaps the most international location in the Arctic. The former coalmining community, which Norway has over the past 30 years transformed into a leading center of Arctic research, also serves a geopolitical function for many of the states repre…

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Mobilizing Arctic expertise: Seven scientific themes for Arctic Frontiers 2025 33:44

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Antarctic science or polar oil exploration? Prof. Klaus Dodds on Russia’s grey zone activities in the Weddell Sea 40:59

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Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration 1:26:27

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From the Barents Sea to the Bering Strait: Arctic geopolitics at the regional and local levels 40:24

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Northern Flank: Arctic-Baltic security interconnections since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland 1:04:34

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Ian Bremmer on Antarctica and the geopolitics of the polar regions 23:20

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Sustainable development, community resilience and regional security in a globally connected Arctic with Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director of Arctic Frontiers 32:25

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Data cable crossroad or circumpolar chokepoint: The geopolitics of subsea infrastructure in the Arctic 48:59

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Russia, security and the effects of NATO enlargement in the Arctic 55:40

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Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure 1:17:45

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Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic 1:08:22

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World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance 34:59

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Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit 44:41

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Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki 24:57

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Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition 29:39

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Arctic Politics present and past: Prof. Oran Young reflects on governance, Gorbachev and the current Arctic Council crisis 44:25

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Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine 33:56

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Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War 49:20

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Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds 36:22

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Geopolitical spillover: Analyzing the Arctic implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 32:08

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Camp Century, the US Army’s under-ice Arctic base: A story of Cold War--and contemporary—geopolitics in Greenland 39:57

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EU Arctic Policy and Geopolitics with Amb. Michael Mann 46:36

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Brazil and the Antarctic Geopolitics of South America 25:52

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Making the case for the controversial Davis Aerodrome in East Antarctica 36:12

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Science and geopolitics in Svalbard: the Ny-Ålesund Research Station 33:57

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