Alina Bykova
@alinabykova.bsky.social
PhD at Stanford & Editor in Chief at The Arctic Institute | formerly HRW, NUPI, CERES Munk, Toronto Star and TMU Journalism | Writing on #Arctic + #Soviet #envhist | From Одеса 🇺🇦 | she/her
My latest Substack article is up, just in time for NATO’s 77th birthday next week. I write about Arctic history and politics, come follow along! open.substack.com/pub/thearcti...
NATO: An Arctic alliance from day one
Arctic security has never been a peripheral issue for NATO
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Dear friends, I’ve started a Substack about Arctic affairs, academia, and my adventures in researching Svalbard. Give it a read! open.substack.com/pub/thearcti...
Arctic research in liminal spaces
An ode to Svalbard
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Happy Monday! We hope you're ready to dive into a new book edited by Andreas Osthagen and Andreas Raspotnik: The Nordic States, NATO and the EU in Arctic Security. It's open-access, so there's no reason not to download it for your winter holiday reading. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
The Nordic States, NATO and the EU in Arctic Security
This timely book explores the nuances of the Nordic states’ approach to security in the Arctic and their relationships with NATO and the EU. Challenging generalisations of the Arctic as peaceful and s...
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Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
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What happened when the editor of @theatlantic.com was included on Mike Walz's group chat www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Surely you're in Bodø for High North Dialogue! We're looking forward to the panel on Arctic security with@rasmusleander.bsky.social, Andreas Osthagen, & @alinabykova.bsky.social and the Arctic Geopolitics Pubinar at 18:00 on 25 March! www.highnorthdialogue.no/program/high...
High North Dialogue 2025: Read The Preliminary Program
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
We need two people to step up into this editorial role. It has been incredibly fulfilling for me to have been co-editor for 5+ years, but now it’s time for us to let another team shape the field.
Dolly Jørgensen@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2y agoAre you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field? Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities! We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here: environmentalhumanities.org Contact us if you have any questions.
Read this by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk: “Russia does not care whether there is war or peace — it seeks the destruction of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. It will gleefully pocket every concession from the Trump administration and then continue fighting.” on.ft.com/4bn2uSs
Negotiations over Ukraine are missing a human dimension
Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else. But we demand real peace
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My friend @arctictroy.bsky.social with some timely analysis...
North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social · last yr.Good morning and happy Monday! We're excited to start the week off with a new Quick Impact from @arctictroy.bsky.social , Whitney Lackenbauer, and Andrea Charron on the #IronDome and its implications for the Arctic. It's a must-read for the start of your week! www.naadsn.ca/wp-content/u...
The American Meteorological Society steps up: #weather #Climate #NOAA blog.ametsoc.org/tag/ams-stat...
#BlackHistoryMonth Reading "What does it mean to paint slavery iconography onto a pair of walrus tusks, and what is at stake in considering the Arctic as a landscape connected to Black enslavement?" - Bart Pushaw niche-canada.org/2022/09/01/f... #envhist #arthistory #arctic
Fugitive Ivories, or, Enslavement and the Walrus
What is at stake in considering the Arctic as a landscape connected to Black enslavement?
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Putin planned to take Kyiv in three days, but he couldn't take Kyiv in three years. The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
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www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha... Happy to have been part of this project, and it's getting more timely given geopolitics in the #Arctic right now.
Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security
The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security offers a comprehensive examination of security in the region, encompassing both state-based and militarized notions of security, as well as broader security p...
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⚡️'Massive demolition site' — Trump claims Ukraine in ruins while pressing Zelensky to hold elections. Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
'Massive demolition site' — Trump claims Ukraine in ruins while pressing Zelensky to hold elections
Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership, not Putin, for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
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⚡️ Russian strike on Odesa injures 4, causes massive power outages. A children's clinic, a kindergarten, high-rise buildings, and cars were damaged in the attack, according to Governor Oleh Kiper.
Russian strike on Odesa injures 4, causes massive power outages
A children's clinic, a kindergarten, high-rise buildings, and cars were damaged in the attack, according to Governor Oleh Kiper.
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The @telegraphnews.bsky.social says it has the document Zelensky was asked to sign www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Revealed: Trump’s confidential plan to put Ukraine in a stranglehold
Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations
telegraph.co.uk
If you are a scholar interested in writing about the legacy of an aspect of American science that has an environmental connection in relation to current cuts being made in the US government, check out our contributor guidelines and get in touch. niche-canada.org/guidelines-f... #histsci #envhist
Guidelines for Contributors
Learn how to submit blog pieces, announcements, and other material to be published on the NiCHE website.
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Andrew Dessler@andrewdessler.com · 2y agoNice opinion piece by @adamsobel.bsky.social about destruction of U.S. science. thebulletin.org/2025/02/how-...
Optimist: Glass half full Pessimist: Glass half empty Reviewer: I wanted a jug PhD student: I hate the glass, the water, and myself
New NiCHE Series CFP! Call for Submissions – Finding Humour in the Environmental History of the Climate Crisis Get your 100-300 word proposals in to Nuala Caomhanach by March 1st! niche-canada.org/2025/02/06/c... #envhist #envhum #climatecrisis
Call for Submissions - Finding Humour in the Environmental History of the Climate Crisis
This NiCHE call for papers is inspired by Nicole Seymours Bad Environmentalism, who asks us to rethink the environmental movement's reputation for doom and gloom.
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“As the tundra continues to thaw and the flow of submarine groundwater ratchets up, Demir said that the outflow of carbon from shore to sea could effectively make ocean surface waters a carbon source to the atmosphere.” #Arctic phys.org/news/2025-01...
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new research o...
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Today is the day, my book "Arctic State Identity: Geography, History, and Geopolitical Relations" is *officially* published! 🙀🙌 Available from @manchesterup.bsky.social: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526153906/ #Arctic #Geopolitics #ArcticIdentity
Manchester University Press - Arctic state identity
Arctic state identity - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Arctic state identity by Dr Ingrid A. Medby
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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www.scmp.com/news/china/m... Commented this week on how great power geopolitics may be factoring into the current controversy over US- #Greenland relations.
Greenland in cold glare of superpowers as US, China and Russia make moves
Observers doubt the new US president will buy the world’s largest island but his interest underlines its strategic importance.
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Further reading: "The Interconnected Nature of Food Security and Food Sovereignty" - By Gabrielle Goldhar with Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation niche-canada.org/2020/05/22/t... #food #foodsovereignty #indigenous
The Interconnected Nature of Food Security and Food Sovereignty
Research focused on crop restoration, cultural revitalization, and treaty living. Researchers who believe in collaboration and knowledge sharing. Learn more about the Manomin Research Project. ...
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Paul DeCampo@pauldecampo.bsky.social · 2y ago"Food sovereignty is defined as enabling people to have control over their own food systems by focusing on locally sourced and sustainably produced options which align with community values and needs." www.thespec.com/news/canada/...
This is a huge tranche of material. Remember: the secret police unwittingly compile early drafts of social history. There's plenty to be gleaned from these files for culture history, the history of sexuality, histories of immigrant lives, and so on.
Rebecca Rideal@rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 2y agoThe full cache of declassified MI5 files, released by the National Archives today, can be found here www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/l... Among other things, they cover the Cambridge Spy ring, including Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
TAI just published 3 commentaries on #Greenland 🇬🇱! ⤵️ ❄️ 🔗 TAI’s Romain Chuffart and Rachel Lorna Johnstone: www.thearcticinstitute.org/trump-sparks... 🔗 TAI’s Pavel Devyatkin: www.thearcticinstitute.org/uncertainty-... 🔗 TAI’s Andreas Østhagen: www.thearcticinstitute.org/trumps-green...
