In May, representatives from the eight Arctic countries that serve as permanent members of the Arctic Council will meet in Kiruna, Sweden, for the Arctic Council’s State of the Arctic meeting.

A little-discussed casualty of the war in Ukraine has been the Arctic Council, a 26-year-old body that is supposed to be the main diplomatic forum for Arctic nations to collaborate on shared goals ...

On Thursday, Norway took over the Arctic Council chairmanship from Russia, which had presided over the region’s most important multilateral body for the p Saturday, June 28, 2025 Eye on the Arctic ...

WASHINGTON/LONDON/OSLO, May 9 (Reuters) - For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold War cooperation. Its eight members, including Russia and the ...

But now the US, one of the council’s eight permanent member states, has expressed interest in acquiring two other members, Greenland and Canada. Russia, also on the council, has stood at odds ...

In March 2022, seven western members of the Arctic Council which doesn’t deal with security issues but makes binding agreements on environmental protection and gives a voice to the Indigenous ...

Arctic Council activities paused in March of 2022, when seven of the eight member nations decided that business could not continue as usual given Russia’s actions in Ukraine. A partial ...

Far to the north, the war in Ukraine has had a profound effect on Arctic security and diplomacy, causing a rift within the Arctic Council as its seven democratic member states boycotted Russia’s ...

For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold War cooperation. Its eight members, including Russia and the United States, have worked together on climate ...