Geopolitics on Thin Ice - Panel Discussion_SAIA/FAIA 2022

The speakers of the panel:

Emilie Broek is a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Climate Change and Risk Programme. Her research focuses on international organizations and their responses to climate-related security risks. Emilie holds an advanced MSc degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from Leiden University and an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University.

Anna Karlsdóttir is a Senior Research Fellow at Nordregio. She is specialized in coastal areas, rural and urban, Arctic, international affairs, societal and occupational changes across sectors such as tourism, primary industries (fisheries and agriculture), mega industries and creative industries. Anna is interested in gender, youth, labor market, cultural and mobility aspects of geography, planning and spatial development.
Julian Tucker is a Project Coordinator and Senior Research Associate at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Nordic Countries Project with a focus on the Arctic. He has previously worked in the Institute for Security and Development at the Stockholm China Center. He recently completed his Master of Arts in Central Asian Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. He also pursued Uzbek language and history courses at the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages in Uzbekistan. He holds a BA in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Languages from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

The Finnish Association of International Affairs (FAIA) and the Stockholm Association of International Affairs (UF Stockholm) are hosting a one-day seminar in Stockholm on Saturday the 12th of November. The seminar, titled “Geopolitics on Thin Ice”, focuses on Finland, Sweden and the Arctic. During the event, the participants will get to hear from experts on geopolitical and -economic competition in the area, the excavation of critical natural resources, and NATO’s Arctic perspective in the wake of Finland’s and Sweden’s accession into the Alliance.

The Arctic is currently of significant importance in international relations. It combines two megatrends: the increased tensions between world powers and the altered security paradigm, as well as climate change. For now, the area has remained relatively stable and peaceful, but that may be changing: the Arctic possesses some of the largest quantities of crucial natural resources required for next generation technologies, such as cobolt and palladium.