Eight Nations, One Region: The Arctic Council Explained ~ Svein Vigeland Rottem

In this new episode, we'll focus on the Arctic Council, the crucial cooperation forum for this region.

Our guest is Svein Vigeland Rottem, senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway. He's an expert on security, governance, and the Arctic Council.

We'll analyze the importance of the Arctic Council, its leadership, the challenges it faces, the pause in its operations in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and why the region must maintain its geopolitical leadership and collaboration among the eight member states.

This episode is part of a full season dedicated to the Arctic.