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The Polar Silk Road has recently gained renewed attention following its rapid growth in supporting regional economy and securing energy supplies amid volatility throughout global supply chains posed by an ongoing pandemic in many parts of the world. During the recent 2021 Arctic Circle Assembly hosted in Iceland, the Polar Silk Road, proposed by leaders ...
The 2021 Arctic Circle Assembly opened today at Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík.
Iceland’s then-president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson at a press conference during the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. Grimsson was behind the formation of the assembly and its philosophy of the importance of including a range of voices, even from those outside of the circumpolar North, when discussing Arctic affairs. (Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Reuters) Iceland has given the green light to the new Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Arctic institute and has announced financial support towards the project. “At its last meeting, the government agreed on Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir’s proposal for...