Biography
Helena Crowther has reported from more than seventy countries over a twenty-year career covering diplomacy, conflict and the Arctic. She joined The Global Mail in 2014 after a decade at the foreign desks of two major international newspapers, and now leads the paper's coverage of the High North and the G7.
Credentials
MA, International Relations (King's College London). Recipient of the 2019 Foreign Press Association Award.
Recent Work
G7 Leaders Pledge United Front on Arctic Security as Tensions Rise in the High North
Heads of state, meeting in a sleet-swept Reykjavik, agreed to a sweeping new framework for patrolling shipping lanes opened by retreating sea ice — a tacit acknowledgement that the polar map is being redrawn faster than diplomacy can keep up.
Live: EU Leaders Convene in Brussels to Hammer Out Winter Energy Package
Heads of state are meeting through the night to finalise a coordinated response to gas-supply shocks. Follow our correspondents on the ground for rolling updates from the Justus Lipsius building.