Frozen conflict? A special episode in the Arctic

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  The economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host Jason Palmer. Every weekday,

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  we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  And today, a special episode on the events that are quietly shaping the top of the world.

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  When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet tomorrow in Alaska,

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  the principal talking point will of course be a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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  But our reporting suggests that more will be on the table,

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  like normalization of America's relations with Russia, or cooperation in the Arctic over, say, energy.

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  Diplomatically, that's a bigger deal than you might imagine.

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  One way or another, the war will end.

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  And as we've said before, the question in particular for European leaders

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  is where the next flash point for Russian aggression will be.

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  There's some chance the answer is off the European mainland, to the extreme north.

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  Roads in Longyearbyen, the most northerly settlement on the planet,

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  are usually only blocked by reindeer.

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  But today they are jammed with visiting dignitaries.

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  Adam Roberts is the economist's digital editor.

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  Norway's Prime Minister, Yonas, along with the Crown Prince and other officials,

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  are gathering for a ceremony marking a hundred years of Norwegian sovereignty in the Sbard archipelago.

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