Blog: The death of Arctic exceptionalism
While climatic tipping points have received significant attention from scientists, geopolitical tipping points in the Arctic are little examined. Yet
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Putin’s Beijing visit underscores China’s support for Russia, including in Arctic
By Christopher Bodeen, The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in
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Norway, Russia generals meet to discuss border cooperation
Two generals from Norway and Russia met in the Arctic on Thursday to discuss border cooperation and related issues, the
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Moscow fires cruise missiles in sea drills between Russia and Alaska
Russia fired cruise missiles at mock targets in the seas separating it from Alaska on Monday in what it said
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Northern Fleet kicks off major Barents Sea command and staff exercise
20 warships, submarines, support ships, and airforce. More than 8,000 servicemen participate as Russia early Friday morning sent out its
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NATO scrambled to meet Russian bombers, aircraft north of carrier strike group
The Russian sortie with at least nine aircraft flew to the western Barents Sea, but returned home instead of continuing
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Navy commander defends Alaska military exercise against critics
The U.S. Navy will soon be participating again in Northern Edge, the massive training exercise that brings together different branches of
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NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise underway in North Atlantic
Several NATO countries, including Canada, are currently participating in an anti-submarine warfare exercise in the North Atlantic. “Exercise Dynamic Mongoose
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Sweden’s air defence tested in Aurora 23 military exercises
The ability of Sweden’s Armed Forces to protect the country from a full-scale attack by a foreign military power, depends
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U.S. report claims Trudeau told NATO Canada will never meet military spending target
By Alexander Panetta Washington Post report says Canadian allies fret over what they allege is chronic underfunding A massive leak
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Political, military luminaries call on Ottawa to stop backsliding on national defence
Letter says ‘business as usual’ won’t be enough to cope with a more dangerous world More than 60 of this
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U.S. air base in Greenland gets new name inspired by Inuit language
Thule Air Base in Greenland, the U.S.’s northernmost military installation, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base. U.S. officials says the
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Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia
The exercise called “Secure Arctic 2023” included 16 scenarios and was held in nine Russian Arctic regions, from Murmansk in
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Defence chief wanted CF-18s to destroy object over Yukon, but fighters were delayed
By Lee Berthiaume · The Canadian Press Canadian aircraft were still minutes away when the F-22 fired its missile, Wayne Eyre said
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Three exercises, one scenario: Russia
Building capabilities, cooperation and cross-border enforcement are in focus as military forces from several NATO countries are involved in three
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