Arctic

SVEIN EFJESTAD/NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Norway chaired the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO) organization in 2022, a year dominated by the…

JANNE KUUSELA/FINLAND DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR The bids of Finland and Sweden to join NATO have brought the security of the Baltic Sea region into public…

DR. P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER and DR. ADAM LAJEUNESSE Since Russia’s unprovoked February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the world has witnessed the further spillover…

UNITED KINGDOM MINISTRY OF DEFENCE In search of established, proven practices for integrated deterrence, this article highlights the role of the Joint…

ELENA FARNSWORTH Things are heating up at the top of the world. With heightened international tensions and a warming Arctic region, the United States’…

THE WATCH STAFF The mission of Arctic search and rescue at its most basic is saving lives. But when the United States military trains for combat search…

THE WATCH STAFF The barren and unforgiving Arctic terrain of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) is where the United States military and its…

THE WATCH STAFF Navy SEALs aboard black-rubber raiding boats skim across a choppy sea off Alaska under the watchful eye of an F-22 Raptor. Later, they…

THE WATCH STAFF The groundwork for large-scale United States military exercises is often laid one community at a time. In Alaska and the Arctic region,…

REUTERS Finland, Sweden and Norway should consider organizing their air-defense control jointly in territories north of the Arctic Circle in coming years, the…