"Denmark plans to significantly increase defense spending and refocus its military and operational capabilities on the Baltic Sea and the Arctic High North." Source: Danish proposal sees military …
Hundreds of U.S. Marines land in Norway, irking Russia
"Some 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment, the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there, in a deployment which has …
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Russia’s Norwegian Colony
"On a Norwegian island high in the Arctic Circle, there is a small outpost of Russia. Barentsburg is home to about 500 people and a single, loss-making coal mine -- but Russia appears determined to …
Beijing Establishes a D.C. Think Tank, and No One Notices
"Despite its advocacy for Beijing’s controversial and important position in the disputed South China Sea, the Institute for China-American Studies (ICAS) — the only Chinese think tank based in …
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Obama wants more polar icebreakers. The Coast Guard has been asking for years
"President Obama is expected to propose Tuesday the expansion of the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet, including the acceleration of construction on one ship already in the works and new planning …
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U.S. submarine returns from Artic mission
"The Seawolf has just returned home after a six-month deployment in which the crew had no communications with their families during the two months they were submerged -- several weeks of which were …
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3 maps that show how Russia and NATO might accidentally escalate into war
"The Russian military exercises this March spanned the nation’s vast territory – from the high north, far above the Arctic Circle, all the way to territories near Japan. Massive NATO drills a few …
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Russia just claimed 460,000 square miles of the North Pole
"Russia might be getting even bigger. On Tuesday, officials submitted a formal claim to the United Nations, asking for permission to seize a 460,000-square-mile chunk of Arctic seabed that reaches as …
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Polar Pivot: Russia Re-Opens Soviet Era Bases
"In order to secure its large swath of the resource-rich Arctic, Moscow has created a new Northern Command structure under which ground, sea and air units are being deployed to reopened Soviet-era …
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Australia ‘unable to protect its domain’ in the Southern Ocean
"Australia is currently unable to protect its sovereignty in Antarctic waters, an ocean security research fellow says. Dr Sam Bateman, a retired Navy Commodore and Fellow at the Australian National …
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