Rachael Lorna Johnstone

Scotland seeks “even stronger partnerships with northern neighbours”

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, emphasised her country’s historic and ongoing connections with the High North in the first keynote speech at the 4th Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík on 7th October 2016. Scotland is determined to deepen and strengthen these ties, according to Sturgeon.
October 12, 2016

Rachael Lorna Johnstone is Professor of Law at the University of Akureyri and at Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland). She specialises in Polar Law (the governance of the Arctic and the Antarctic under international and domestic law) and is author of a 2012 paper: An Arctic Strategy for Scotland.