Russian Arctic regions strengthen bonds with Beijing
We are entering a new level of partnership with China,” Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis said as he in September met with leaders
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Ukraine
More indigenous men from Russian Arctic are killed in Moscow’s war of aggression
On a cold morning in late January, the relatives of Vasily Taleev assembled to say a last farewell. The 33
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Finland issues Nato stamp
Finland is to issue a postage stamp to commemorate its accession to Nato’s military alliance. The national postal service says
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Finland counted its bomb shelters and found 50,500 of them
Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year,
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Russia kicks off strategic aviation exercise over the Barents Sea ahead of next week’s NATO Summit
A large area from the eastern Barents Sea to the Ural Mountains is now closed off for civilian aviation as
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Northern premiers say Canada can’t have Arctic security without infrastructure
Arctic security is under renewed focus as Russia and China eye the region, but leaders in the North say Canada
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Arctic security: Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands forge consensus
With Copenhagen’s new defence plan, Denmark, Greenland, and Faroe Islands have forged a consensus on Arctic relations, they announced on
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Denmark proposes defence spend boost, reaffirms importance of low-conflict Arctic
Denmark is proposing a 143 billion kroner ($28 billion CDN) spend on defence over the next 10 years, saying it
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Danish policy prioritizes low-conflict Arctic amidst Russian tensions
Denmark’s new foreign and security policy strategy places a strong emphasis on Danish and European security, particularly in the Arctic,
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Blog – Arctic Exceptionalism is Over. Who Will Tell the Diplomats?
Today the Arctic Council, the main regional forum of the eight Arctic states, transferred its Chairmanship from Russia to Norway.
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The longer Ukraine conflict lasts, the bigger the implications for the Arctic: paper
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has had far-reaching consequences, including in the North, and a recent paper in the Journal
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As NATO flotilla exercises along North Norwegian coast, Russian vessels lure in nearby waters
Exercise Joint Warrior is one of this year’s biggest multinational military exercises in Europe. It is closely monitored by Russia’s
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Blog: Earth’s temperature rises as geopolitical climate cools
It’s now one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. There’s no sign of any end to the conflict. And we are
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What’s the Willow project? An explainer on the battle over the major Alaska oil proposal
The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic
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NATO will make us stronger, says Nordic defense chiefs
“I am not worried at all about the security of Scandinavia because we have a strong defense,” Finland’s Chief of
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