Allangorpoq: Documenting Greenland’s Transformation
byPhotographer Sébastien Tixier grew up hearing tales of the Inuits in the polar regions from his father. Three years ago, and inspired by those…
Finnish Defence Minister: 1 million migrants could leave Russia
byFinnish Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö told a meeting of NATO Defence Ministers last Wednesday that an escalation of the number of asylum seekers crossing…
The Estonian Defence Model: “Shoot to kill, on the spot!”
byKaliningrad, autumn of 2006. I had just finished up a term as a visiting professor at the old Königsberg, Immanuel Kant University. The last…
The Darwinism of Open Borders
byThe problem with the European ‘first come-first served’ asylum policy is that the resources are directed to help the strongest and boldest, not those…
Exclusive: Sinking The Wilhelm Gustloff
byTo commemorate the 71st anniversary of the, January 31, 1945, sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, UpNorth is offering readers free, limited time access to…
Russia’s New Dissidents in Baltic Exile Pt. 2
bySince the crisis in Ukraine, the integration of Russian-speakers, always a contentious subject, has become an even more pressing issue in Baltic discourse, and…
Russia’s New Dissidents in Baltic Exile Pt. 1
byArtemy Troitsky has, for thirty years, been the international face of Russian rock music. Yaroslavl-born and Prague-bred, the son of a true-believer Marxist academic,…
The Åland Regime After Crimea
byThe annexation of Crimea was a definite wakeup call telling us that Russia has turned down the European Security Order and assumed a policy…
Paul Keres: A Man Whose Life Reflected His Homeland
byPaul Keres was born in Narva—then of the Russian Empire, now of Estonia—on January 7, 1916, and so his birth and his life would…
A Very Putin Calendar 2016
byVladimir Putin recently launched his 2016 calendar. UpNorth is pleased to offer an alternative Putin calendar.