The Arctic Railway Project: Geopolitics on Frozen Ground ~ Juho Kähkönen

As the ice melts, a single railway from Finland to the Arctic Ocean is becoming the new geopolitical fault line. The Arctic Railway Project.

Juho Kähkönen researcher in International Relations and International Law at the University of Lapland in Finland, and a fellow at the Belfer Center here at Harvard University, reveals what is the Arctic Railway Project is, the role of the indigenous Sámi communities are all fighting over one stretch of track — and how these steel rails could decide who controls the future of the High North.