Arne O. Holm says Bonus Binge in Statkraft the Size of Finnmark’s Entire Tax Revenue Mar 08 2024 - 11:47 Commentary: State-owned Statkraft has paid its employees NOK 1,8 billion in bonuses…
Newsletter In The Name of Mars, the God of War Mar 03 2024 - 20:21 Mars [the Norwegian name for March] is also the Roman god of war. In the High North…
Arne O. Holm says Iron Ore Ships Are Replaced By War Vessels. The New Normal in the North. Mar 01 2024 - 11:11 Commentary: It is not just the view of the Vestfjord, in which iron ore ships have…
Arne O. Holm says In an Abundance of Asian Tourists by the Border With Russia, PM Jonas Gahr Støre Appears Feb 23 2024 - 15:55 Commentary: A nearly unpenetrable wall of Asian tourists meets me on my way into the…
Opinions Boundaries of the Ego vs Rational Boundaries in the Barents Sea Feb 22 2024 - 09:55 Researcher Eda Ayaydin highlights three critical fractions in the interactions…
Newsletter Demanding Arctic Logistics Feb 20 2024 - 02:26 Dear reader. Living in the Arctic and the High North often entails demanding…
Arne O. Holm says Can the Arctic Compete with Switzerland For Tax Refugees? Feb 16 2024 - 13:55 Commentary: What is needed to make people move from southern latitudes and northward…
Op-ed Russia Suspends Funding for the Arctic Council: Wake up Call Not Death Knell Feb 15 2024 - 13:32 Russia has decided to suspend annual payments to the Arctic Council. In this Op-ed…
Newsletter The Land of Contrasts Feb 11 2024 - 14:45 Dear reader.The contrasts in the Arctic are significant. While snow prevents repairs…
Op-ed Tightening the Environmental Regulations in Svalbard Feb 09 2024 - 13:17 Climate change together with increased activity has resulted in a great pressure on…
Arne O. Holm says Is the Norwegian Security Service Trying to Scare People Southward? Feb 09 2024 - 12:04 Commentary: The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) has gone from invisible to…
Newsletter A New Arctic Reality Feb 04 2024 - 13:16 Dear reader. The tension in the North increases in line with a growing concern over…
Arne O. Holm says What if 20,000 Soldiers Got Stuck Behind a Trailer on the Only Road Linking North and South? Feb 02 2024 - 14:00 Commentary: It was a remarkable coincidence – as if someone had written a script and…
Arne O. Holm says It Is Time to Discard the District Policy in the North Jan 26 2024 - 13:16 Commentary: As international tension increases in the North, national responsibility…