Goodbye To Trans-Arctic Cooperation? US-Greenland Deal Tightens Encirclement Of Russia By Uriel Araujo Trump’s new security deal with Greenland and Denmark gives Washington a deeper military foothold in the Arctic. The agreement expands the US-NATO security architecture around Greenland – while… Read More ›
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Canada Moves Closer To EU Associate Membership Despite Trump’s Threats
Canada Moves Closer To EU Associate Membership Despite Trump’s Threats By Uriel Araujo The EU’s unprecedented proposal to make Canada its first associate member comes as both Brussels and Ottawa face growing pressures from Washington. The initiative reflects Europe’s drive for… Read More ›
Norway’s Military Build-Up Near Russia Raises The Stakes In The Arctic
Norway’s Military Build-Up Near Russia Raises The Stakes In The Arctic By Andrew Korybko It began to take shape before the large-scale phase of the Ukrainian Conflict broke out in early 2022. Russian Ambassador to Norway Nikolai Korchunov shared an update on his… Read More ›
Trump’s Arctic Pressure Pushes Canada And Europe Toward Russia
Trump’s Arctic Pressure Pushes Canada And Europe Toward Russia By Uriel Araujo Trump’s growing pressure on Canada and Europe (over Greenland and now Iceland) is exposing the limits of a purely trans-Atlantic approach to Arctic governance. With Russia being a key… Read More ›
Norway’s Seizure Of A Russian Research Vessel Brings The New Cold War To The Arctic
Norway’s Seizure Of A Russian Research Vessel Brings The New Cold War To The Arctic By Andrew Korybko Regarding the bigger picture, the artificial exacerbation of regional tensions through these means can spark closer coordination within the Viking Bloc, which refers… Read More ›
Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment
Russia Courts BRICS To Break NATO’s Arctic Containment By Andrew Korybko Russia’s overarching strategy appears to be to encourage the largest number of countries to obtain stakes in the Arctic’s energy, transport, and logistics projects so as to incentivize them to… Read More ›
Why Poland Should Become the Baltic States’ Security Guarantor in NATO 3.0
Why Poland Should Become the Baltic States’ Security Guarantor in NATO 3.0 By Andrew Korybko This would prevent the Western European states (primarily Germany) and Ukraine from outflanking it, ensure that Kiev doesn’t provoke a conflict with Russia that puts Poland… Read More ›
Poland And Turkiye Are Teaming Up To Tighten NATO’s Containment Noose Around Russia
Poland And Turkiye Are Teaming Up To Tighten NATO’s Containment Noose Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Closer economic and military synergy between them in Central & Eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Black Seas would pose new challenges for Russia… Read More ›
How Likely Is A NATO-Russia Clash Around 2030?
How Likely Is A NATO-Russia Clash Around 2030? By Andrew Korybko If Russia continues fighting this “war of attrition” for years to come instead of decisively ending it soon, then it’ll be more vulnerable than ever to the “cordon sanitaire’s” invasion… Read More ›
Russia’s Reported Baltic Military Build-Up Is Purely Defensive
Russia’s Reported Baltic Military Build-Up Is Purely Defensive By Andrew Korybko Danish media’s sensationalist report on this subject is the latest in a series of recent moves aimed at justifying NATO’s own military build-up in the Arctic-Baltic region that Russia regards… Read More ›