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BUNDESWEHR The changing status quo in the Arctic due to climate change alters the relationship all states maintain to this vast region. As the ice caps…

NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCES Nearly half of Norway’s land mass is Arctic territory, home to just one-tenth of the country’s population. Norway has  a…

MAJ. GEN. JANNE JAAKKOLA/FINNISH DEFENCE COMMAND The security environment in Europe is changing rapidly. We do not know what the outcome and consequences of…

DANISH JOINT ARCTIC COMMAND The Danish government recently published a new foreign and security policy strategy in which the Arctic and North Atlantic region…

THE WATCH STAFF Defense leaders from 21 nations — including the Bahamas, Canada, Mexico and the United States — discussed their challenges during the recent…

THE WATCH STAFF Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become a scourge of the “blue economy,” contributing to the depletion of global fish…

THE WATCH STAFF The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge recently completed a Caribbean tour in which the British royal couple visited Belize and Jamaica before a…

REUTERS Mexico deported the suspected leader of a drug cartel to the United States, authorities said on March 15, 2022, after his arrest spurred armed…

THE WATCH STAFF A “cautiously optimistic” government of the Bahamas recently eased COVID-19 restrictions in the Caribbean island nation. In making the…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Mexican Army and National Guard on March 3, 2022, said they found almost 3 million rounds of ammunition and at least 16 fully…