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How Sweden’s membership will strengthen NATO

The island of Gotland will become one of the strongholds of the Alliance, and the powerful Swedish military industry will strengthen the development of aircraft, tanks and anti-aircraft defense systems.

A growing rivalry in the Arctic? Talk about a cold war.

Climate change, military competition and the search for natural resources in Arctic are turning the frozen north into a hotbed of global rivalry.

The new Cold War in the Arctic, explained

The battle for control of the Arctic Circle is, er, heating up.

Arctic hazards loom over Blinken on his Northern NATO tour

NATO is embracing Finland – and Sweden too, Washington hopes – giving the alliance a new reach in the Far North.

Militarizing the Arctic

Any future battles for sovereignty in the Arctic will rely on access to icebreakers and submarines.