As China adapts to a melting Arctic, Shanghai prepares for the worst
China’s claims to be a near-Arctic state is not all about a Polar Silk Road and access to natural resources,
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Geopolitics
Justin Trudeau, Mike Pompeo discussed Arctic cooperation during Thursday meeting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Canada-U.S. cooperation in the Arctic during Thursday’s
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Blog – At Arctic Circle Forum, China shows Arctic geopolitics are above Mike Pompeo’s pay grade
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s swashbuckling fantasies aside, geopolitical competition in the contemporary Arctic is not about who controls
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Premier in Arctic Canada to push Ottawa for more military and icebreakers in the North
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod is laying out a vision for the North’s future that includes an increased military presence
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Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about
By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North
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Canada, U.S. must do more to check Russian military in the Arctic, says NORAD chief
The American commander of NORAD delivered a stark warning Tuesday to policy makers in both Washington and Ottawa, calling on
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Norway’s experience with F-35 fighter jets offers lesson for Canada
As the Canadian government embarks on a much delayed and criticized quest to find a replacement for its ageing fleet
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Chinese-made equipment in Canada’s Arctic ships under scrutiny
Canada’s international trade minister quietly sounded out officials at the Department of National Defence last spring about how much of
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Canada’s defence minister says military upgrades part of plan to strengthen Arctic sovereignty
Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s Northern tour didn’t come with any new spending announcements. Instead he talked up the importance
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Canada extends air defence monitoring zone to entire Canadian Arctic
In a move that reflects the growing tensions between Russia and the West, Ottawa quietly announced last week that it
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China’s Arctic ambitions no threat to Canada, say experts
China’s growing involvement and interest in the Arctic should not be seen as a cause for concern in Canada even
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NATO wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions
Despite rising tensions with Russia in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and more recently in the United Kingdom, NATO would like
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Blog: Looking back on the year that was in the Arctic
In Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, the ocean was frozen as far as I could see. It was March, the time of
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Blog: Arctic fishing agreement – When climate change drives diplomacy
Negotiations on a landmark agreement for the Arctic concluded last week when the five Arctic coastal states plus Iceland, the
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Ottawa ready to discuss Inuit co-management of crucial Arctic habitat
The federal government is ready to sit down with Inuit leaders to discuss the creation of an Inuit-managed protected area
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