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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s ministry pulled Russia out of the Barents Euro-Artic Council in September 2023 after Finland declined to turn over the…

The isolated Svalbard peninsula, about halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, has seen increased presence by the Norwegian military in recent…

Marcelo Ebrard, then Mexican foreign affairs secretary, left, speaks with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in November 2022. X R. EVAN…

The People’s Republic of China has invested in many ports in Latin America, including Freeport in the Bahamas. JULIETA PELCASTRE/ DIÁLOGO AMERICAS The number…

Defense ministers and armament directors for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden met on September 6, 2023, in Stockholm to discuss closer military…

A Finnish Soldier operates a 155 mm field gun during an exercise in May 2023. REUTERS NATO’s newest member Finland plans to spend 2.3% of its gross…

The USCG Healy, pictured on an Arctic voyage, was tracked by a Russian vessel as it drew near the Russian Arctic coastline in early September 2005. THE WATCH…

Swedish troops participate in a 2018 military exercise with U.S and German allies. THE WATCH STAFF An aggressive Russia and a warming Arctic climate should…

THE WATCH STAFF A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker arrives at Ørland Air Station, Norway, in 2020. Norway is reexamining its defense strategy toward Russia…

An LC-130 Hercules aircraft sits on an Arctic skiway created by the 109th Airlift Wing.   THE WATCH STAFF Defending the U.S. homeland…