Newsletters Archives - Institute of Current World Affairs

Destroying the evidence

US government budget cuts targeted the global record of melting polar ice. The consequences for climate science could be calamitous.

A big success story faces an uncertain future.

Transnational activism at an Asian regional LGBTQ+ conference.

In an era of precarious polar diplomacy, unprecedented leadership may be required.

One organization’s mission to help recreational drug users.

The end of a long Arctic winter.

NATO war games in the Finnish Arctic.

And with it, its international influence.

Controversy at a major Arctic conference.

Notes on love and life after the state’s decriminalization of gay sex.