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Finland’s Arctic ambassador restates the power of diplomacy
THE WATCH STAFF
It would not be surprising if Petteri Vuorimäki, Finland’s ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic affairs, had a business card that features his…
An Arctic presence grows more important for U.S. and its partners
THE WATCH STAFF
The challenges facing the Arctic have come into greater focus as the region becomes an arena of strategic competition over its natural…
U.S. completes installation of cutting-edge radar for detecting ICBMs
THE WATCH STAFF
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed installation of the ballistic-missile tracking Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at…
Norway asserts its Arctic sovereignty in annual voyage
THE WATCH STAFF
The Royal Norwegian Navy frigate Thor Heyerdahl affirmed the nation’s territorial sovereignty on a recent Arctic voyage.
The HNoMS…
Massive hole opens in Arctic’s ‘Last Ice’
THE WATCH STAFF
In yet another example of how the Arctic is changing, the region’s “Last Ice” developed a massive hole.
The hole, known as a polynya, was…
Scholars: China plays wait-and-see game, adjusts strategy to engage in…
Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM Staff
When it comes to engagement in the Arctic, China’s approach is much softer than its aggressive tactics in the South China…
Future Arctic order: Shaped by unipolarity, bipolarity or multipolarity?
Professor Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Dr. Mariia Kobzeva/UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
There are two misleading narratives circulating about the…