Klaus Dodds is professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London. His latest book is The Scramble for the Poles (Cambridge: Polity, 2016, cowritten with Mark Nuttall). https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/klaus-dodds/rss en Governance Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Klaus Dodds https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/02/18/what-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-the-global-arctic https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/02/18/what-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-the-global-arctic The term “global Arctic” is bandied about by a number of people and organizations, but what does it really mean? It’s time to stop and think a little harder about the impact those words have on us – and the sort of response it might provoke from Arctic stakeholders.