Klaus Dodds

London

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Prof/Executive Dean for School of Life Sciences and Environment @RoyalHolloway Fellow @AcadSocSciences Hon Fellow @BAS_News Tweeting in personal capacity

Articles

Britain urgently needs an Antarctica strategy

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Klaus Dodds

Now that a deal has been struck with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, the government’s focus should be on the UK’s southernmost overseas territories. There are three of them: the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) and the British Antarctic Territory (BAT). As increasingly tense geopolitics make the world more hostile, these territories are becoming ever more vulnerable.
Britain urgently needs an Antarctica strategy

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Klaus Dodds

Now that a deal has been struck with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, the government’s focus should be on the UK’s southernmost overseas territories. There are three of them: the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) and the British Antarctic Territory (BAT). As increasingly tense geopolitics make the world more hostile, these territories are becoming ever more vulnerable.
President Trump, Hemispheric Security and the Greenland Connection

Feb 21, 2025 | geopolitique.eu | Klaus Dodds

Voir tous les articles “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the world, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” In a series of Christmas Day observations, Trump reflected on a potential purchase of Greenland, taking back control of the Panama Canal and encouraging Canada to become the 51st state of the United States.
Pope Francis’s immigration letter was seriously imprudent

Feb 12, 2025 | thespectator.com | Samuel Gregg |Bridget Phetasy |Klaus Dodds |Matt Purple

Everyone in the world, it seems, believes they’re entitled to an opinion on US immigration policy. That includes Pope Francis.
Can flattery earn Zelensky Trump’s help?

Feb 12, 2025 | thespectator.com | Mark Galeotti |Klaus Dodds |Matt Purple |Martin Vander Weyer

For all the efforts on every side to manage expectations, there is a sense that some kind of Ukraine deal — even if more likely a ceasefire rather than some comprehensive settlement — is coming. With the risk that this is, as Vladimir Putin would prefer, a decision made between Moscow and Washington, over Kyiv’s head, the Ukrainians are scrambling to gain traction on the process.
Elon Musk’s critics are more autistic than he ever could be

Feb 11, 2025 | thespectator.com | Bridget Phetasy |Matthew Lynn |Klaus Dodds |Matt Purple

I’ve managed to keep most of my liberal family relationships and friendships intact, even after going public about voting for Trump. Most of them shrugged and applied the principle our grandparents taught us — blood is thicker than politics. That is, until Elon Musk. He has proven to be the straw that broke the liberals’ back.
Why is China so interested in the Cook Islands?

Feb 11, 2025 | thespectator.com | David Cohen |Matthew Lynn |Klaus Dodds |Edward Howell

Diplomatic storm clouds are gathering around the Cook Islands, a picturesque tourist destination in the South Pacific known for its creaking palms, pink beaches and deliciously warm nights. The microscopic island-nation has a long-standing “free association” with New Zealand, which sees Wellington give the islands defense and financial support.
Why President Trump wants to build US icebreakers

Feb 11, 2025 | thespectator.com | Klaus Dodds |Matt Purple |Martin Vander Weyer |Matthew Lynn

There is an “icebreaker gap” between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have recognized that icebreakers not only allow their remote northern settlements to be resupplied by sea but also ensured that the waters north of this vast country were navigable. Moscow can boast that it has a fleet of over forty vessels, eight of which are nuclear-powered.
Why President Trump wants to build US icebreakers

Feb 11, 2025 | spectator.com.au | Klaus Dodds

There is an “icebreaker gap” between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have recognized that icebreakers not only allow their remote northern settlements to be resupplied by sea but also ensured that the waters north of this vast country were navigable. Moscow can boast that it has a fleet of over forty vessels, eight of which are nuclear-powered.
The hitch in Trump's plan for Arctic dominance

Feb 10, 2025 | spectator.co.uk | Klaus Dodds

There is an ‘icebreaker gap’ between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have recognised that icebreakers not only allowe their remote northern settlements to be resupplied by sea but also ensured that the waters north of this vast country were navigable. Moscow can boast that it has a fleet of over 40 vessels, eight of which are nuclear-powered.