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Norway leading Nordic defense cooperation
SVEIN EFJESTAD/NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Norway chaired the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO) organization in 2022, a year dominated by the…
Finland and the Arctic NATO membership is a step toward Nordic security
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…
United Front
DR. P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER and DR. ADAM LAJEUNESSE
Since Russia’s unprovoked February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the world has witnessed the further spillover…
The Joint Expeditionary Framework Deterring Adversaries
UNITED KINGDOM MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
In search of established, proven practices for integrated deterrence, this article highlights the role of the Joint…
U.S. modernizes Pituffik (Thule) Space Base for Arctic forward operations
ELENA FARNSWORTH
Things are heating up at the top of the world.
With heightened international tensions and a warming Arctic region, the United States’…
Arctic Search and Rescue: enhancing operational capabilities while saving…
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 F-35 delivers unmatched global deterrence
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…
Operation Noble Defender (Polar Dagger)
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…
U.S. personnel survey strategic Alaskan island
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,…
Finnish speaker: Nordic countries should consider joint air defense
REUTERS
Finland, Sweden and Norway should consider organizing their air-defense control jointly in territories north of the Arctic Circle in coming years, the…