UW Today’s feature article on July 10, 2017 showcases a new series of essays written by students in the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute. Read the full article here:

“It seemed truly like the ending of a world. Seabirds were dying by the thousands in the muck. Vast stocks of salmon and herring and halibut would perish next.” This description in National

Many thought he was sick; some feared he was dead. But in October 1987, after 51 days spent planning in seclusion, Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev emerged in Murmansk and

In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first major political figure to deliver a speech on Arctic issues, setting in motion a process to establish a regional governance body. This week

The International Policy Institute Arctic Fellows in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, visited Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska in May 2017 for the events held

The screening of We Breathe Again at the Week of the Arctic conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, was an awesome opportunity to see the Arctic as more than just a chess

“Climate change is the one place, the issue where the individual makes a difference,” Anchorage First Lady Mara Kimmel assured the audience during her talk about resistance and resilience in

I’ve always perceived the Arctic as the last frontier, where conditions are harsh and survival difficult. My experience attending the events during the Week of the Arctic, which took place

On May 10, 2017, at the Arctic Council meeting, one of the Fairbanks residents spoke about livelihood in the city. Stacey Stoudt, who holds an MA in oceanography from the

The residents living in the Arctic region currently number around 4 million – 400,000 of which are considered Arctic Indigenous people. While some areas of the Arctic have been developed