After UN Week, Part Four: Northern Futures and Contested Rules

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Who sets the terms? From Greenland and shipyards to AI, health and culture, follow what cooperation makes possible—and who decides. Episode 7 · Part Four. Reading through October 8, 2026, 09:34 EDT. Key sources: Greenland–Iceland–Faroes · Defence agreement · Greenland and WTO · Paamiut childcare · ICE Pact shipyards · First Nations services · Russia: battery factory · UN reform: G4 · African credit ratings · FuturePharma · US AI accord · US–China AI dialogue · Frontier AI controls · Brazil: pandemic access · EU: pandemic terms · ASEAN energy · Minotaure Music: “Effervescence” by Scott Buckley, released under CC BY 4.0. Excerpted, faded and level-adjusted for intro and outro.