Arctic Frontlines: Canada, Europe, and the Future of Security in the North

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving security landscape in the Arctic with a focus on NATO allies' adaptations to new challenges.

In this episode, we sit down with Karsten Friis, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), to explore the evolving security landscape in the Arctic. As great power competition intensifies and climate change opens new strategic frontiers, the region’s importance for both European and Canadian defense policy is growing rapidly. Friis discusses how NATO allies are adapting to new challenges in the High North, the future of transatlantic security cooperation, and why building stronger defense partnerships is key to maintaining stability in the Arctic.

People in this episode

Guest: Karsten Friis

Topics covered

• Arctic security
• NATO
• transatlantic cooperation
• climate change
• great power competition

Keywords

• Canada
• Europe
• defense policy
• High North
• defense partnerships

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Arctic, Canada, Europe, North, the High North

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