IDSA is organising a two day conference on ‘The Geopolitics of the Arctic: Commerce, Governance and Policy’ in close co-operation with three Norwegian research institutions: the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), on September 23. 2013. The conference is part of a three year research programme titled AsiArctic, analysing Asia’s growing interest in Arctic affairs. It will conclude on September 24, 2013.