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Chuquicamata, the world's largest open-pit copper mine
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Critical Minerals
Shared Risk, Shared Opportunity: Critical Minerals and the Transatlantic Climate Bridge
On Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 12:00 – 1:00 ET
Nuuk port picture
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Critical Minerals
Trade, Minerals, and the Green Transition in Greenland: A Conversation with Prime Minister Múte B. Egede
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 1:00 – 3:00 ET
Salinas Grandes on Argentina Andes is a salt desert in the Jujuy Province. More significantly, Bolivas Salar de Uyuni is also located in the same region
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Critical Minerals
Opportunity and Risk: Mining and the Green Energy Transition
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 3:30 – 5:00 ET
Antarctica design picture
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Governance
Antarctic Diplomacy: Issues and Trends in 2022
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 10:00 – 11:00 ET
Nordic Security Arctic pic
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Security and Defense
Nordic Security Perspectives in the Arctic
On Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 4:00 – 5:00 ET
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Security and Defense
EXTERNAL EVENT | The Arctic Region in the Indo-Pacific Context: Current Challenges and Implications of the Ukraine Crisis
On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 4:00 – 5:00 ET
US and Iceland Flags
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Security and Defense
Arctic Cooperation in the Shadow of Russian Aggression: Armchair Discussion with Icelandic Foreign Minister Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir
On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 12:30 – 1:15 ET
July 20, 2021, Russia, Krasnodar Territory. Harvester working in a wheat field at sunset
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Food and Agriculture
System Shock: Russia’s War and Global Food, Energy, and Mineral Supply Chains
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 11:30 – 1:00 ET
Ukraine flag photo
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Security and Defense
Ukraine and the Arctic: Perspectives, Impacts, and Implications
On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:00 – 11:30 ET
Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order
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Great Power Competition
Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order (Book Launch)
On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 11:00 – 12:30 ET
Ice Calving at the Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina
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Climate
POSTPONED - The Arctic: The Geopolitics & Subsurface Impacts of Climate Change
Antarctic krill, which floats in the water near the rocks
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Oceans
Antarctic Marine Conservation: Policy Directions and Current Challenges
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 10:00 – 11:30 ET
COVID-19

Highlight: COVID-19 Impacts in the Arctic

A virtual conference organized and hosted by the US Naval War College, the Wilson Center's Polar Institute, and the US Arctic Research Commission about the impacts of COVID-19 in the Arctic.

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