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Polar Geopolitics - Arctic and Antarctic analysis

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Polar Geopolitics - Arctic and Antarctic analysis is a news podcast hosted by Eric Paglia. It has 89 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.

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.

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Greenland’s critical raw material potential and China’s current interest in the Arctic

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The European Union as emerging geopolitical player in the Arctic

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Arctic megatrends: Klaus Dodds and Gosia Smieszek-Rice on the geopolitical forces shaping the future of the circumpolar North

4

Greenlandic leaders Aaja Chemnitz and Sara Olsvig on the current crisis and the future of Greenland

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REPRISE EPISODE: Greenland, geopolitics and Danish diplomacy with Jeppe Kofod, former Foreign Minister of Denmark

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REPRISE EPISODE: Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration

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Explaining the America First motivation for acquiring Greenland with former Trump administration official Alexander B. Gray

8

Seek support, create offramps and keep the Greenlanders close: Copenhagen’s strategy for containing the Greenland Crisis

9

View from Brussels: the role of the EU and NATO in the Greenland Crisis

10

Coercive diplomacy: Trump’s turning of the screw in US pursuit of Greenland

11

Geopolitics in an Unfrozen Arctic: flashpoints, future scenarios and forces shaping the circumpolar North

12

Arctic economic development: Business, investment and infrastructure in a complex geopolitical context

13

Emerging trends in American engagement in the Arctic and Antarctic under Trump 2.0

14

America in the Arctic: the evolution of U.S Arctic engagement in an era of strategic competition and climate change

15

ATCM 47 underwhelms: Alan Hemmings on the dismal state of Antarctic governance and changing geopolitical dynamics within the ATS

16

Crisis diplomacy, Kingdom of Denmark chairship of the Arctic Council, and the evolution of Greenlandic foreign policy

17

Greenland, geopolitics and Danish diplomacy with Jeppe Kofod, former Foreign Minister of Denmark

18

Future of the Artic Council in the context of global governance, scientific cooperation and observer state participation

19

Future of the Arctic Council: Nuuk, Copenhagen and the upcoming Kingdom of Denmark chairship with Greenland in the lead

20

Future of the Arctic Council: Science diplomacy, Arctic exceptionalism and innovative governance in a time of geopolitical turbulence

21

Global gaze on Greenland: Analyzing upcoming elections, security situation and relations with the United States, Denmark, China and the E.U.

22

Greenland’s Future in the Face of Trump’s Advances: Crisis in the Kingdom of Denmark

23

Greenland gambit 2.0: Arctic Geopolitics and Donald Trump’s Geographical Imagination, with Prof. Klaus Dodds

24

Arctic security, seabed warfare, Russia-China relations and U.S. engagement under Trump: Mathieu Boulègue on the events, issues and upheavals shaping geopolitics for 2025

25

Cracks in Consensus: Krill, marine conservation and the consequences of CCMALR 43 failures for Antarctic governance and geopolitics

26

Carrots, sticks and the near-Arctic state narrative: China’s influence strategies in the Arctic

27

Analyzing ATCM 46: Current issues and dynamics in the governance and geopolitics of Antarctica

28

Arctic nation, or not? The Geopolitics of Arctic state identity

29

Spotlight on Svalbard: Realities and myths in a microcosm of Arctic geopolitics

30

Mobilizing Arctic expertise: Seven scientific themes for Arctic Frontiers 2025

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

Ian Bremmer on Antarctica and the geopolitics of the polar regions

36

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

37

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

38

Russia, security and the effects of NATO enlargement in the Arctic

39

Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

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