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The U.S. Air Force Arctic Strategy, Alaska, and the New Arctic

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) says the new strategy “highlights that it is the indigenous people who reside in the Arctic communities that have the knowledge…about the region to help us.”

A Conversation with President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador

In a Spanish language conversation, Ecuador's leader noted that his nation was "the first country in Latin America to close borders, declare a curfew, and limit activities" in the pandemic, adding that "this is why we currently have the lowest rates of deaths in Latin America."

Civic Engagement and Political Participation of Russian Youth

Denis Volkov, Deputy Director at the Levada Center, observes that the “attractiveness of the West” for Russian youth “is more about culture, more about wealth, and not necessarily about politics.”

Protecting Antarctica in the Postponed "Super Year of Nature"

Former Costa Rican President José María Figueres says the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica make plans for three marine protected areas in the region “a birthday present for humanity.”

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