The European Arctic Summit held its first working session in Finland on Monday, bringing leaders from across Europe together to discuss the possibilities offered by new Arctic shipping routes and natural resources, as well as the dangers posed by Russia’s heavy presence.
Reuters on Thursday reported some previously secret details of Russia’s failed exercise in Arctic sabotage in April, including U.S. involvement in helping the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) break up an ominous Russian training exercise with a “secret weapon” designed to destroy undersea cables.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin described a plan on Thursday to build networks of data storage and processing centers in the country’s Arctic, alongside “small nuclear power plants” developed to feed the data centers energy.
Host government India announced on Thursday that the annual BRICS summit, bringing together leaders of the anti-American coalition’s countries, would take place in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, setting the stage for potentially the most tumultuous summit yet.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held a special meeting of the Russian Security Council to discuss securing and developing Russia’s assets in the Arctic Circle.
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday boasted of “soaring demand” for the “Ice Silk Road” trade route China has established through the Arctic, and castigated Western media for expressing “sour grapes” concerns about the environment, Chinese territorial aggression, and weaponized supply chains.
President Donald Trump said he is sending “a great hospital boat” to “take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of” in Greenland, as the U.S. continues negotiations for mineral rights in the world’s largest island.
The Danish and Greenlandic govts poured cold water on potential U.S. sovereign base amid speculation over what the NATO deal might involve.
The U.S. will buy a sovereign base in Greenland that will become legal U.S. territory “forever” under a NATO deal, reports claim.
“Very important and strategic island” is key to questions including Arctic security, hypersonic weapons, and raw materials, Davos heard.
Russia claims there will be “serious consequences” from militarising Greenland, as it asserts both innocence and interest in the matter.
European nations piling troops into Greenland to prove it can be defended, with the UK sending one soldier and Norway two.
The Danish government has reportedly deployed military “reinforcements” to Greenland ahead of a high-stakes White House meeting to discuss the future of the territory on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump argued on Sunday that Greenland’s defensive capability amounts to “two dog sleds,” so the United States must acquire the strategically valuable Arctic territory to protect it from Russia and China.
A centenarian Navy veteran took full advantage of being on live TV to express his sorrow at the state of modern Britain.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Monday to boost defense spending enough to hit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) target five years ahead of his country’s previous plan.
Vice President JD Vance got a hearty welcome from American troops stationed in Greenland, who chanted “USA! USA! USA!” as he took a podium during his visit there Friday.
Greenland national elections come amid growing national demands for independence President Trump’s offer to make it part of the U.S.
Russian military aircraft were detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, NORAD reported.
Denmark on Monday announced a $2 billion investment in Arctic security, implicitly acknowledging President Donald Trump’s criticism of the region’s vulnerability to Russian aggression — a vulnerability Trump wanted to address by taking control of Greenland.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede stated that while they don’t want to be a part of America, there are a lot of areas for cooperation, including on boosting defense in
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that his government understands America’s legitimate security interests in the Arctic region but is still not interested in handing over Greenland as President-elect Donald Trump has demanded.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday reminded President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to acquire Greenland, that Russia will protect its “strategic interests” in the Arctic region.
Greenland is a “linchpin for U.S. national security and the future of the free world,” according to leading expert Dr. Walter Berbrick, the founding director of the Arctic Studies Group at the U.S. Naval War College.
The United States and Canada scrambled fighters on Wednesday as Chinese and Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew off the coast of Alaska.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who reportedly died under murky circumstances in a brutal prison camp at the age of 47 on Friday, was a fierce critic of strongman Vladimir Putin and the corruption of the Russian elite.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaced on Tuesday, over two weeks after he mysteriously disappeared during a prisoner transfer.
Russian tankers that would normally carry oil to European customers are instead being rerouted through the Arctic to China, according to an OilPrice report Friday.
Greta Thunberg was hauled off by police in Norway on Wednesday during a protest against a wind turbine project in the country’s north.
Justin Trudeau said “climate change” makes Canada more vulnerable to Russian military invasion by increasing “accessibility” to the Arctic.
Residents of Finland began reporting a huge jet of flame from across the Russian border last month. Satellite images detected a massive heat bloom that turned out to be a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant burning off millions of cubic meters of gas that were supposed to be sold to European customers.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a military document that declared the United States is the primary threat to Russian security.
Russia said it successfully test-fired a new hypersonic cruise missile from a submarine against a target in the Barents Sea on Monday evening.
German climate scientist Markus Rex warned this week that humanity may have already passed the tipping point for irreversible global warming.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Russia will “knock the teeth out” of everyone who tries to take a “bite” out of his country’s vast territory.
Japan’s government is considering investing further in alternative trade routes through Russia — including the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Northern Sea Route — in the wake of the Suez Canal blockage in March, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation suggested freight shippers should consider the Northern Sea Route as an “alternative” to Egypt’s Suez Canal on Thursday after a container ship blocked the canal and halted billions of dollars worth of trade this week.
The government of Russia said its new flagship nuclear-powered icebreaker, described by the state as the world’s “largest and most powerful,” left a St. Petersburg shipyard on Tuesday headed for the Arctic.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after an outbreak of coronavirus on one ship infected at least 5 passengers and 36 crew. Health authorities fear the ship could have infected dozens of towns and villages along Norway’s western coast.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week appointed a special envoy for the Arctic, veteran diplomat Jim DeHart, as the United States looks to boost its diplomatic presence amid growing Chinese activity in the region.
