Barry Scott Zellen

Research Scholar in Geography at the University of Connecticut and Senior Fellow (Arctic Security) at the Institute of the North, specializing in Arctic geopolitics, international relations theory, and the tribal foundations of world order. 2020 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Akureyri in Iceland. Author of 11 published monographs and editor of 3 volumes.
15 Articles

After Venezuela: Trump Advances on Greenland

Seemingly unthinkable at the end of 2025, an invasion of Greenland is…

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Putin’s Ainu Recognition: Is Hokkaido Russia’s Next Target?

Third installment of an ongoing series by Arctic expert Barry Scott Zellen…

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Hokkaido and the Foundations of Japan’s Arctic Influence

Second installment of an ongoing series by Arctic expert Barry Scott Zellen…

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The Rise, Fall and Re-emergence of Japan as an Arctic Power

Japan was, for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries,…

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Is Harvard’s Judge Truly Impartial?

Harvard’s deep ties to Judge Allison Burroughs raise a fundamental question: can…

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Harvard Admissions, Privilege, and the Trump Challenge

Admissions shape who belongs, reflecting the boundaries of privilege more than the…

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Beyond Subzero: A Future of Cheap, Quiet Polar Submarines

With the Arctic warming 4x faster than the rest of our planet,…

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Indigenous Power and the Future of Greenland

Greenland at the crossroads of Indigenous sovereignty, U.S. ambitions, and Arctic geopolitics.

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Nagasaki: The Atomic Bombing and the Christian Crossroads

When the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki, it struck not just a…

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Harvard’s Internal Decay: Class, Culture, and Privilege

How America’s most prestigious university lost touch with the working class it…

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Trump Battles Harvard Over Elitism and Public Subsidies

Trump challenges Harvard’s privileges, subsidies, and foreign student policies in a broader…

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Trump’s Arctic Gambit: The Battle for Greenland

Trump’s renewed push for Greenland reignites historic ambitions, Arctic strategy, and debates…

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How Obsession with China Warps U.S. Arctic Policy

U.S. Arctic policy has fallen prey to anti-China paranoia, distorting research, silencing…

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Why NATO’s Arctic Expansion Is Now Backfiring

The rupture of indigenous unity, a new ‘Ice Curtain’, and growing rifts…

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Arctic Alliances Tested: Cooperation in an Era of Rivalry

Excerpt from Arctic Exceptionalism: Cooperation in a Contested World, by Barry Scott…

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