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Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesair and missile defense, Arctic, Chagos Archipelago, China, collective defense, Defense Greenland Agreement, Denmark, Deterrence, Diego Garcia, Donald Trump, early-warning architecture, fifth-generation airpower, GIUK Gap, Greenland, maritime and subsurface awareness, Mauritius, missile-warning infrastructure, NATO, NATO Article 3, Pituffik (Thule) Air/Space Base, power projection, rules-based international order, Russia, sovereignty, strategic autonomy

Can Denmark Defend Greenland from Trump?

Kirk Fansher & Curtis McGiffin1 Comment

The renewed attention on Greenland did not begin with Arctic ice melt or the quest for rare earth minerals. It began with discomfort, specifically, American discomfort with a long-standing European…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversariesanti-submarine warfare, Arctic, battlefield nuclear weapons, BRICS, China, conventional threats, critical infrastructure, cross-domain deterrence, cyber threats, Cyberattacks, deep sea, Deterrence, economic threats, geopolitical objectives, hybrid threats, Intelligence, international norms, Iran, military readiness, national power, NATO, North Korea, nuclear arsenal, nuclear threats, reconnaissance, resilience, Russia, security environment, space threats, space-based systems, strategic competition, surveillance, terrorist attacks

Deterrence and NATO’s Emerging Security Environment

Alex Alfirraz Scheers0 Comments

The international security environment is deteriorating rapidly and becoming increasingly dangerous and uncertain. China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia pose a threat to Western interests in multiple domains. Among them…

Defense & SecurityArctic, China, Russia, United States

Arctic Great Power Competition: The United States, Russia and China

Gabriella Gricius

As the Arctic grows warmer, so too does the potential for great power competition amongst the United States, China, and Russia. While a historic Arctic power like Russia is militarizing…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyArctic, Russia

Russian Ambitions in the Arctic: What to Expect

Gabriella Gricius

Over the past few years, the Arctic has become an arena growing in prominence both for its potential as a geographic area of geopolitical competition as well as global concerns…

DiplomacyArctic, Canada, China, Russia, United States

The United States Must Work with China to Ensure Freedom of Navigation in the Arctic

Stephen Delaney

During his visit to the Arctic Council ministerial meeting in Finland in May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined his concerns for the rapidly changing Arctic region. As the…

Economics & TradeArctic, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Russia, United States

Melting Arctic Sea Ice Opens New Maritime Shipping Route

Trivun Sharma

The Arctic Ocean may be the world's smallest and most shallow, but this by no means negates the region's geostrategic significance. Over the years, global climate change severely and observably…