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
The European Union as emerging geopolitical player in the Arctic
Arctic megatrends: Klaus Dodds and Gosia Smieszek-Rice on the geopolitical forces shaping the future of the circumpolar North
Greenlandic leaders Aaja Chemnitz and Sara Olsvig on the current crisis and the future of Greenland
REPRISE EPISODE: Greenland, geopolitics and Danish diplomacy with Jeppe Kofod, former Foreign Minister of Denmark
REPRISE EPISODE: Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration
Explaining the America First motivation for acquiring Greenland with former Trump administration official Alexander B. Gray
Seek support, create offramps and keep the Greenlanders close: Copenhagen’s strategy for containing the Greenland Crisis
View from Brussels: the role of the EU and NATO in the Greenland Crisis
Coercive diplomacy: Trump’s turning of the screw in US pursuit of Greenland
Geopolitics in an Unfrozen Arctic: flashpoints, future scenarios and forces shaping the circumpolar North
Arctic economic development: Business, investment and infrastructure in a complex geopolitical context
Emerging trends in American engagement in the Arctic and Antarctic under Trump 2.0
America in the Arctic: the evolution of U.S Arctic engagement in an era of strategic competition and climate change
ATCM 47 underwhelms: Alan Hemmings on the dismal state of Antarctic governance and changing geopolitical dynamics within the ATS
Crisis diplomacy, Kingdom of Denmark chairship of the Arctic Council, and the evolution of Greenlandic foreign policy
Greenland, geopolitics and Danish diplomacy with Jeppe Kofod, former Foreign Minister of Denmark
Future of the Artic Council in the context of global governance, scientific cooperation and observer state participation
Future of the Arctic Council: Nuuk, Copenhagen and the upcoming Kingdom of Denmark chairship with Greenland in the lead
Future of the Arctic Council: Science diplomacy, Arctic exceptionalism and innovative governance in a time of geopolitical turbulence
Global gaze on Greenland: Analyzing upcoming elections, security situation and relations with the United States, Denmark, China and the E.U.
Greenland’s Future in the Face of Trump’s Advances: Crisis in the Kingdom of Denmark
Greenland gambit 2.0: Arctic Geopolitics and Donald Trump’s Geographical Imagination, with Prof. Klaus Dodds
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
Cracks in Consensus: Krill, marine conservation and the consequences of CCMALR 43 failures for Antarctic governance and geopolitics
Carrots, sticks and the near-Arctic state narrative: China’s influence strategies in the Arctic
Analyzing ATCM 46: Current issues and dynamics in the governance and geopolitics of Antarctica
Arctic nation, or not? The Geopolitics of Arctic state identity
Spotlight on Svalbard: Realities and myths in a microcosm of Arctic geopolitics
Mobilizing Arctic expertise: Seven scientific themes for Arctic Frontiers 2025
Antarctic science or polar oil exploration? Prof. Klaus Dodds on Russia’s grey zone activities in the Weddell Sea
Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration
From the Barents Sea to the Bering Strait: Arctic geopolitics at the regional and local levels
Northern Flank: Arctic-Baltic security interconnections since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland
Ian Bremmer on Antarctica and the geopolitics of the polar regions
Sustainable development, community resilience and regional security in a globally connected Arctic with Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director of Arctic Frontiers
Data cable crossroad or circumpolar chokepoint: The geopolitics of subsea infrastructure in the Arctic
Russia, security and the effects of NATO enlargement in the Arctic
Nuclear risks from Kakhovka Dam destruction and enduring issues surrounding Soviet-era energy infrastructure
Alaska: Energy, security and political economy in the American Arctic
World stages: Arctic megaconferences as platforms for governance and geopolitical performance
Insights on Antarctic governance and geopolitics with former CCAMLR chair Jakob Granit
Inside the Arctic Council pause with Finland’s Arctic Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki
Looking North for Renewables: Arctic solutions to Europe’s green transition
Arctic Politics present and past: Prof. Oran Young reflects on governance, Gorbachev and the current Arctic Council crisis
Arctic Council in Crisis: Russia and the governance of the Polar regions in the aftermath of Ukraine
Arctic, Baltic and Beyond: Geopolitics, security and the spectre of a new Cold War
Casualties of War? Arctic and Antarctic cooperation and the future of the liberal international order with Prof. Klaus Dodds
Geopolitical spillover: Analyzing the Arctic implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Camp Century, the US Army’s under-ice Arctic base: A story of Cold War--and contemporary—geopolitics in Greenland
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