New US Tariffs

https://it.euronews.com/business/2025/04/02/trump-annuncia-i-nuovi-dazi-degli-stati-uniti-sui-prodotti-importati-dalleuropa-e-resto-de

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm257z1y2q9o

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250402-live-us-stocks-fall-ahead-of-trump-s-liberation-day-tariff-announcement

The Arctic - Opportunities and challenges: the economic, social, and political impacts of climate change in the Arctic and the need for cooperation.

 2025 Russia and NATO's military presence in the broader Arctic

https://www.statista.com/chart/33824/military-bases-in-the-arctic-belonging-to-nato-and-russia/

https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/analyses/arctic-sea-ice-sets-record-low-maximum-2025

https://essydo.com/2025/03/23/cold-rush-resource-competition-and-environmental-challenges-in-the-arctic/

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/769527/EPRS_BRI(2025)769527_EN.pdf

https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/rising-tensions-shifting-strategies-evolving-dynamics-us-grand-strategy-arctic/

https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2025-february-27/

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/arctic-defence

https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/russias-arctic-military-posture-context-war-against-ukraine/

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/how-russia-is-preparing-for-war-in-the-arctic-6622

This first video has a lot to say about Italy and the Arctic. Some of the links you may need to copy instead of clicking on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX-RI0odqtQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfw3LJm1DDM&t=3369s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_f0T_XBHc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjqPlhXnugI

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=720487422190375

https://www.centrostudi-italiacanada.it/articles/italy_canada_and_the_arctic_same_values_and_common_goals-213

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)754604

https://esthinktank.com/2024/01/10/arctic-exceptionalism-or-ice-curtain-collaboration-and-conflict-in-the-arctic-amid-escalating-geopolitical-strains/

https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2024/04/09/canada-vows-renewed-focus-on-arctic-defense-equipment-purchases/

The first few articles contain good introductory material to outline the current situation and frame the questions

https://www.esteri.it/en/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/aree_geografiche/europa/artico/

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3213/2022-arctic-summer-sea-ice-tied-for-10th-lowest-on-record/

https://www.france24.com/en/russia/20220420-war-in-ukraine-threatens-geopolitical-balance-in-the-arctic

https://www.cfr.org/report/arctic-governance#:~:text=These%20issues%20include%3A%20opposing%20North,status%20of%20the%20Northeast%20and

https://ec.europa.eu/environment/international_issues/arctic_en.htm

https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/arctic-within-eu-strategies-renewed-centrality

https://www.aies.at/download/2023/AIES-Fokus-2023-05.pdf

https://arcticfrontiers.com/2023-wrap-up/

https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/frna_-_eng_-interne_-_17-06-web_cle4fcfcc.pdf

https://www.ocean-climate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/the-arctic_07-9.pdf

https://arctic-council.org/en/

https://www.interreg-npa.eu/arctic-cooperation/

https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/11/28/military-and-environmental-challenges-in-arctic-pub-80424

https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/arcticregion/Arctic-Indigenous-Peoples#

https://www.intechopen.com/books/arctic-studies-a-proxy-for-climate-change/indigenous-communities-in-the-arctic-change-in-socio-economic-and-environmental-perspective

https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/return-great-power-competition-arctic/

https://www.interreg-npa.eu/about/programme-in-brief/

https://www.interreg-npa.eu/

https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/whats-stake-rising-competition-arctic

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52915807

https://www.severe-weather.eu/news/arctic-circle-oil-spill-disaster-fa/

https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/covid-19-arctic-the-arctic-institute-winter-series-2020-2021/

https://www.arctictoday.com/covid-19-and-the-arctic/

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/44959/we-are-going-to-the-arctic/

https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/issues/protect-the-arctic/

https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/tag/arctic/

https://pame.is/mema/MEMAdatabase/349_Arctic%20Human%20Development%20Report.pdf

Italy

https://www.esteri.it/en/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/aree_geografiche/europa/artico/litalia-e-lartico/

https://amboslo.esteri.it/en/news/dall_ambasciata/2023/10/italy-at-the-2023-arctic-circle/ 2023

https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/italys-growing-interest-arctic 2022 SIOI

https://www.esteri.it/it/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/aree_geografiche/europa/artico/

https://www.esteri.it/it/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/aree_geografiche/europa/artico/italia-e-artico/

https://www.esteri.it/en/politica-estera-e-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo/aree_geografiche/europa/artico/artico/

https://www.osservatorioartico.it/strategia-italia-artico/  (2020)

 https://www.camera.it/temiap/documentazione/temi/pdf/1105156.pdf (2018)

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2016/06/strategy_for_the_arctic_may_2016.pdf  (2016)

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2016/06/italy_in_the_arctic.pdf (2016)

https://www.marina.difesa.it/EN/Conosciamoci/notizie/Pagine/20161215_eppr.aspx (2016)

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2019/11/verso_una_strategia_italiana_per_lartico__linee_guida_nazionali.pdf  (2015)

https://narfu.ru/upload/iblock/065/11_lagutina.pdf

https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/politica_estera/aree_geografiche/europa/artico

https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2015/04/venice-international-university.html

Then whatever else you have time for:

http://tietokayttoon.fi/documents/10616/3866814/15_Arctic+Europe_Bringing+together+the+EU+Arctic+Policy.pdf/761dc7e8-ad2d-4d9a-a2f2-f0436efd5063?version=1.0

http://www.ocean-climate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/the-arctic_07-9.pdf

http://safety4sea.com/challenges-opportunities-emerging-arctic-change/

http://www.highnorthnews.com/op-ed-quo-vadis-arctic-the-european-union-and-its-northern-neighbourhood/

https://www.fni.no/news/the-european-union-and-the-geopolitics-of-the-arctic-article1671-330.html

https://accelfellowship.wordpress.com/opportunities-and-challenges-economic-social-and-political-impacts-of-climate-change-in-the-arctic/

http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/politica_estera/aree_geografiche/europa/artico

http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/politica_estera/aree_geografiche/europa/artico/strategia-dell-italia-nell-artico.html

http://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2016/06/italy_in_the_arctic.pdf

http://barentsobserver.com/en/energy/2013/11/italian-arctic-strategy-unfolding-russian-oil-29-11

http://www.greenpeace.org/italy/it/campagne/Salviamo-il-clima/Save-The-Arctic/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/20/italian-composer--ludovico-einaudi-solemn-gig-in-the-arctic/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arctic-development-stalls_us_56a2b40be4b076aadcc6c444

http://energyfuse.org/low-oil-prices-undercut-arctic-oil-dreams/

http://www.reuters.com/article/oil-europe-investment-idUSL4N0SM3Y420141028

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Passage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpolar_Sea_Route

http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/pdf/Backgrounder_ClimateChange_FINAL.pdf

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/arctic-climate-change/l-2/7-effects-on-people.htm

http://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/communications/arcticregion/Arctic-Indigenous-Peoples

http://unchronicle.un.org/article/climate-change-arctic-inuit-reality/

So you could approach the topic by explaining, or outlining hopes and concerns, about:

1) the effects of recent climate change on the Arctic region and the opportunities and challenges these changes bring.

2) the dangers to the environment and the indigenous peoples

3) who the main actors are and what their interests are.

4) cooperation – the institutional framework and the reality on the ground

5) Italy and the EU’s position

6) competition for resources on the ground

7) military tensions between Russia and NATO countries

In an essay you should give real examples throughout and refer to events and statements in 2019-25. In your conclusion you could quickly summarise the opportunities, challenges and dangers and stress the need for multilateralism and protection of the environment and its inhabitants.

Free site with English language practice exercises and answers for Cambridge, TOEFL and other exams

The first link is to C1 level, but explore the site:

https://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_reading_use_of_english.html

https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/index.html

https://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/academic_wordlist.html

https://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/index.php

‘Between’ and ‘among’

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/between-among/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwK2P7N2B_QIVzQaLCh21lwC3EAAYASAAEgJrTvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/grammatica/grammatica-britannico/between-or-among

https://www.terminologiaetc.it/2018/07/09/uso-traduzione-among-between/

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=11243

https://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/exercise-11/

http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-exercises-prepositions-test-9.html#.X_Lg99hKjIU

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/between-versus-among?page=all

Quantifiers

Explanation

https://www.wallstreetenglish.com/exercises/what-are-quantifiers

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/much-many-a-lot-of-lots-of-quantifiers

https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Quantifiers_1.pdf

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/a1-a2-grammar/quantifiers-few-a-few-little-a-bit

Exercises

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/quantifiers.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/mengen.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/mengen.htm

https://www.grammarbank.com/a-little-a-few-exercise.html

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/quantifiers-quantity-exercises.html

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/much-many-little-few-some-any/

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/quantifiers/quanitifiers-index.htm

Ukraine

 https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/russia-ucraina-i-nodi-da-sciogliere-per-arrivare-alla-pace-spiegati-in-6-grafici-204124

The decline in shipping through the Suez Canal and the effect on Italy's ports and supply lines

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/suez-canal-revenue-down-60-but-red-sea-outlook-may-be-changing

https://www.natwest.com/corporates/insights/markets/trade-tracker-a-turning-point-in-the-red-sea-shipping-crisis.html#:~:text=Geopolitics%20has%20had%20a%20big%20impact%20on%20maritime%20trade&text=In%20fact%2C%20volumes%20passing%20through,60%25%20over%20the%20same%20period.

https://www.thearabtoday.com/suez-canal-earnings-in-egypt-drop-60-in-2024-because-of-red-sea-conflicts/

https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/euro-mediterranean-ports-and-the-impacts-of-the-red-sea-crisis-insights-and-key-data-191220

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/italian-ports-fear-blow-business-red-sea-crisis-2024-01-17/

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001436_EN.html