The classroom setup, actor sheets and project map: a short tour of the Arctic Science Diplomacy space, with musical accompaniment.
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Explore the documents
Explore the project and its context through these documents.
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The 20-project board
The Arctic Science Diplomacy radial board: twenty projects, fifteen actors and negotiation roles.
PDF · EN · 35 pages
Participant playbook
A guide to inhabiting an actor’s role, building cooperation and making negotiated commitments explicit.
Original edition, with references to the Engine field-tested in Erice and scheduled for simplification. The current rulebook governs procedures.
Full document available on request.
PDF · EN · 18 pages
The Erice school, 2026
The Arctic: Challenges for Science Diplomacy. Programme of the school’s second edition, 4–10 October 2026, including sessions and wargaming activities.
ERICE 2026
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Erice, 5 October 2026. The school opening and activity programme.The Arctic Science Diplomacy briefing: scenario, map and introduction to the game.The game session: negotiations between actors, commitments and resources at the table.From right to left: CASD doctoral researcher Giovanni Farioli, Full Professor Andrea Bernardi, and Dr Adriano Pantaleo, PhD.
What it is for
Explore how mandates, interests, resources and permissions shape scientific cooperation in the Arctic. Actors develop bounded agreements and specify contributions, constraints and expected results.
My contribution
Game design: Adriano Pantaleo. Designed for CASD activities and used at the International School of Science Diplomacy in Erice, with around 18 participants on average and three controllers, including Pantaleo. The geographical map of the Arctic was created by Mr Paolo Scannapieco for the Defence Wargaming Laboratory.
15actors in the kit
20projects on the map
4scenario injects used in Erice
How it works
The kit includes a 20-project map, 15 dossiers, 15 Actor Boards, negotiation sheets and controller materials. In analogue play each actor may conduct several negotiations within the available time, recording commitments and resource use. Erice used four scenario injects, in the order Norway, United States, Russia and Italy.
Results and materials
Exercise delivered in Erice with four scenario injects. The retained rankings record the final game scores.
Game context
Arctic Science Diplomacy is the negotiation game; Fronte Artico / Arctic Power Projection is a separate project.
Related projects
Two separate projects in an Arctic setting: Fronte Artico 2026 explores independent, simultaneous decisions; Arctic Science Diplomacy centres on negotiation.
The game includes analogue procedures; the Engine provides digital support for managing negotiations.
Game materials on request
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