Marc Lanteigne (林晏)
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Marc Lanteigne (林晏)
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Professor, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, (Politics and International Relations of China, Asia-Pacific, Polar Regions); Adjunct Lecturer at Ilisimatusarfik - Nuuk 🇬🇱; traveler, 積ん読, and part-time おたく. 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇹🇼 .. more

Marc Lanteigne is a Canadian political scientist originally from Montréal. He is associate professor of Political Science at the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, teaching international relations (IR), comparative politics, security studies and comparative political economy. Prior to that, Lanteigne was a Senior Research Associate at Department of East Asian Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS) at Massey University in Auckland. He is Editor-in-Chief of an Arctic news website Over the Circle, a part-time lecturer at Peking University, an adjunct researcher at the Centre for Arctic Studies at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, and a member of the board of the UK-based Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI). .. more

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Sociology 18%
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Hello (Bluesky) World! 🗺️ Great to be here!

www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci... Commented for this new article in @france24.com about China's reported breakthrough in thorium-to-uranium conversion, and the potential effects on the country's energy independence push. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Nucléaire civil : quand la Chine se réveille au thorium…
Les autorités chinoises ont annoncé avoir réussi à transformer pour la première fois du thorium en uranium dans un réacteur nucléaire à sels fondus. Cette méthode alternative de production d’énergie…
https://www.france24.com/fr/asie-pacifique/20251106-nucléaire-civil-quand-la-chine-se-réveille-au-thorium

www.scmp.com/week-asia/po... Commented for a new article in the @scmpnews.bsky.social this weekend on controversial plans for a new defence force in the Solomon Islands, especially in light of SI's improving ties with China. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Solomon Islands’ defence force dream: an Australia-China flashpoint?
A military force would help quell unrest, but some say relying on Beijing for arms may make the Pacific nation an ‘enemy state’ of the West.
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www.altinget.dk/arktis/artik... Commented for this new article on how the Arctic Council is now facing even further challenges to its cohesion in light of both Russian aggression and a mercurial US policy in the far north. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Breum: Oprustningen i Arktis overskygger nu de sidste rester af samarbejde med Rusland - Altinget
Grønland, Danmark og Færøerne har ansvaret for at holde liv i Arktisk Råd, det centrale forum for samarbejdet med Rusland, men krigen i Ukraine har ændret alt.
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Happy to have been given the opportunity to talk about China's developing #Arctic strategies and responses from Finland and Northern Europe today at the Finnish Parliament. 🇫🇮 Major thanks to all of the organisers! @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
China Research Day 2025 examines the evolving scope of China’s global engagement, with particular focus on its strategic interests in the Arctic region and its emerging role in international conflict mediation.

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China Research Day 2025 examines the evolving scope of China’s global engagement, with particular focus on its strategic interests in the Arctic region and its emerging role in international conflict mediation.

tvpworld.com/89549345/nor... Discussed growing security concerns in the #Arctic , the regional challenges from Russia and China, and the question of a new 'cold war' for
@tvpworld.bsky.social at the @arctic-circle-org.bsky.social . @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Cold War rivalries have returned to the Arctic, expert says
Watch the interview on TVP World’s YouTube channel
tvpworld.com

ams.hi.is/en/projects/... Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 'Arctic Resilience through Climate Action, Development, and Education' (ARCADE) graduate course! The deadline is 6 November. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
ARCADE
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@overthecircle.bsky.social is in the house with pen and paper at the @arctic-circle-org.bsky.social !

ebooks.iospress.nl/volume/the-e... Just published! Happy to have contributed a chapter (on China and hybrid warfare) for ebook 'The Eighth Baseline Requirement: Resilient Civilians in Hybrid Threats and Warfare' as part of the NATO Science for Peace & Security series. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
IOS Press Ebooks - The Eighth Baseline Requirement: Resilient Civilians in Hybrid Threats and Warfare
NATO has defined 7 baseline requirements for national resilience to help countries to prepare for serious shocks as a result of attack, terrorism, or natural disaster. These focus on continuity of gov...
ebooks.iospress.nl

www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/derfo... A new commentary with @kariagam.bsky.social about how the leaders of China and Russia are seeking to rewrite World War II history for modern-day strategic goals. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Derfor dyrker de gamle kriger
Xi og Putin har funnet sammen i en minnepolitisk allianse. Slik utfordrer Kina og Russland Vesten og legitimerer sine aggressive ambisjoner i dag.
www.dagsavisen.no

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Indeed he is. Yet he joins the world’s dictators.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social has just announced a new Associate Professor position in Gender Studies at the UiT Centre for Women's and Gender Research.
Associate Professor in Gender  Studies (282412) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Associate Professor in Gender  Studies (282412), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no

www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci... Discussed the upcoming military parade in Beijing, and the domestic and regional security implications of the event, for @france24.com‬ this week. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Chine : un défilé militaire XXL pour affirmer ses ambitions militaires et territoriales
Le défilé du 3 septembre à Pékin pour célébrer les 80 ans de la victoire chinoise contre le Japon doit servir à la fois à poser la Chine en leader naturel d’un bloc alternatif à l’ordre international…
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www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/zahra... Commented on this week's Tianjin #SCO summit and the upcoming military parade in Beijing, and who was on the invite list and why, for this article in #Seznam Zprávy. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Diplomatická výhra Pekingu. Konec války přijíždějí slavit těžké váhy - Seznam Zprávy
Ruský lídr Vladimir Putin, jeho severokorejský protějšek Kim Čong-un nebo slovenský premiér Robert Fico. Seznam hostů, kteří se objeví na vojenské přehlídce v Pekingu, dokládá rostoucí roli Číny jako ...
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Missing the islands! 😎 #St.Kitts

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... Commented this week for an article in @telegraphnews.bsky.social‬ about the latest policy salvos between Denmark and the US over Greenland. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Trump’s war on wind to conquer Greenland
The US president may have found a bargaining chip in his pursuit of the Danish territory
www.telegraph.co.uk

www.derstandard.at/story/300000... Quoted in @derstandard.at today about the controversy surrounding the decision to restrict Chinese students from studies at the University Centre in Svalbard / UNIS @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Keine chinesischen Studierenden mehr an Uni im Norden Norwegens erlaubt
Hintergrund sind Spannungen auf der arktischen Inselgruppe Svalbard um politischen und militärischen Einfluss auf norwegischem Gebiet
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www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/ytre... Commented for an article in @dagsavisen.bsky.social about the impact of last month's Upper House elections in #Japan 🇯🇵 and the roles of populism and economic uncertainty in the voting. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Politisk kaos i Japan: Ytre høyre vinner frem
Japans regjering vakler etter valget, og ytre-høyre-partiet Sanseito vokser raskt.
www.dagsavisen.no

www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm... Quoted yesterday by Norway #NRK on the controversies surrounding Chinese research and dual-use questions in #Svalbard. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Kina mener Norge diskriminerer studenter på Svalbard
Regjeringen sier samarbeidet med Kina i Arktis er viktig, men byr på problemer. Kina mener Norge kommer med grunnløse spekulasjoner.
www.nrk.no

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Just published! Congratulations to my colleagues on their new article, 'Polar Projections: Political Geographies of Arctic Mapping' in Political Geography. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Polar projections: Political geographies of Arctic mapping
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