#OpEd: Shifts in the region’s climate and changing geopolitical dynamics that are increasingly affecting the region, are challenging the notion of #Arctic Exceptionalism, with some calling it out as an illusion. Did we all get tricked? The Arctic Institute highnorthnews.com/en/evolving-co…

📨 This week’s extra publication and summary of the #Arctic Institute’s June conference by TAI’s Pavel Devyatkin, Anatol Lieven, TAI’s Romain Chuffart, and Artin DerSimonian 🌎❄️ 🔗 Find the full #commentary below! ⤵️ thearcticinstitute.org/restraint-dipl…

New report from Quincy Institute and The Arctic Institute following our jointly hosted workshop and conference last month "Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism: The Path Toward Sustainable Cooperation" Publication link below📚

📚 TAI's Pavel Devyatkin, Anatol Lieven (Anatol Lieven) and Artin DerSimonian (Artin DerSimonian) from the Quincy Institute wrote about Restoring #Arctic Exceptionalism! ❄️ 🔗 Link to full #publication below ⤵️ quincyinst.org/research/resto…

Today as we commemorate 80th Anniversary of atomic bombing of #Hiroshima, I write about why we can’t count on deterrence to #preventnuclearwar & why we must eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate us in this Responsible Statecraft Symposium. ICAN tinyurl.com/y7tx58w8

I welcome the upcoming meeting between President Donald J. Trump and Russia’s President Putin being held here in the great state of Alaska. Alaska is the most strategic location in the world, sitting at the crossroads of North America and Asia, with the Arctic to our north and

My latest: Trump and Putin's Arctic chess game is about far more than Ukraine The historic summit in Alaska takes place at the precipice of one of Earth's most contested regions—a source of both tension and, as many hope, new cooperation for the two men. newsweek.com/trump-putins-a…

The Arctic implications of the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit, my piece for Responsible Statecraft Quincy Institute The Arctic Institute responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-putin-ar…

Another outcome from Alaska that not a lot of people are talking about responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-putin-ar…

We're excited to welcome nine accomplished advocates & scholars to QI's non-resident fellows program: - Pavel Devyatkin - Jamie Galbraith - Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom - Jorge Heine - Hadi Kahalzadeh - Ian Lustick - Laura Mahrenbach - Ian Proud - Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

An ongoing Great Power tit-for-tat in which U.S./NATO and Russian warships and planes approach each other’s territories in the Arctic, suggests a sense of growing instability in the region. responsiblestatecraft.org/arctic-nato-ru… Responsible Statecraft

"Competition between the U.S. and Russia in the Arctic should not be considered an imperative," writes Pavel Devyatkin. "The Cold War is over." responsiblestatecraft.org/arctic-nato-ru…

Fridtjof Nansen Institute Andreas Østhagen We’ve already been discussing security and conflict today, but the second panel has just started to explicitly tease out questions of whether there will be conflict in the Arctic and other aspects of the conflict narrative.

📨 This week’s publication by TAI’s Pavel Devyatkin (Pavel Devyatkin): “The Arctic Institute's 2025 #China Series: An Introduction” 🇨🇳❄️ 🔗 Find the full commentary below! ⬇️ thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-ins…

NEW: A U.S. return to nuclear weapons testing threatens strategic stability and risks triggering a disastrous arms race, writes Pavel Devyatkin responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-nuclear-…

Resuming nuclear testing isn’t just a bargaining chip. It’s a gamble that risks undoing decades of restraint, and the world could be a lot less stable because of it, writes Pavel Devyatkin. commondreams.org/opinion/trump-…

Such a "decision lacks technical justification and appears solely driven by geopolitical posturing."Pavel Devyatkin The Arctic Institute on Trump's seemingly spontaneous announcement that the US will resume nuclear weapons testing after 33yrs. responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-nuclear-…

NEW Pavel Devyatkin Arctic Council : Kazakhstan has become the first country in Trump's second term to join the Abraham Accords. This and more deals brokered in one day at the White House. (more below)

Trump met with Central Asian leaders this week and cracked a few deals, including bringing Kazakhstan into the Abraham Accords. From Pavel Devyatkin responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-central-…

New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO Juliet Dryden / BISA & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor 🌟 📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last fortnight! inc: The Conversation Foreign Affairs Dr. Bamo Nouri Anna Åberg Pavel Devyatkin 🎉 & more 👉 bisa.ac.uk/news/take-five…