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NATO to set up temporary air operations command centre in Arctic Norway

The interim facility is expected to be operational for several years and staffed by several hundred personnel until a permanent centre is completed.

Prioritizing Power Over Democratic Principles and Arctic Security

At a recent Arctic forum in the Russian port city of Murmansk, Putin reportedly said, “As for Greenland, this is an issue that concerns two specific states and has nothing to do with us.”

The Arctic Council Survives Both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

The only thing that mattered was that the council had survived a Russian full-scale war against a neighboring country, and now with ambitions to also survive Donald Trump as the US president.

India must rethink its Arctic outlook

An increasingly militarised Arctic demands new thinking from New Delhi.

What Greenland really wants The Arctic Great Game is afoot

If climate change has serious ecological ramifications, it also has serious geopolitical consequences.

Arctic Training With Canadian Troops Complements International Studies

A student in the master of arts in international relations program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs recently returned from a unique training exercise that brought together U.S. and Canadian troops in the Arctic.

The forgotten secret Nazi base in the Arctic. Codename: Nussbaum

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland.

Greenland appoints first Arctic ambassador, pledges sustainable development

Greenland appointed its first Arctic ambassador as it prepares to chair the Arctic Council.

Arctic Military Leaders Convene Over Hybrid Threats

The meeting, held near the Norwegian-Russian border, included discussions on countering the growing militarization of the Russian Arctic and surrounding waters.