Latest "Northern Sea route" stories

US, Russia at odds over military activity in the Arctic

As Russia assumed the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the U.S. rallied other members to oppose Moscow’s plans to set maritime rules in the Northern Sea Route.

2 years ago

Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic

The Russian base was built using new construction technologies as part of Kremlin efforts to bolster the military amid spiraling tensions with the West following Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

2 years ago

Great power competition heats up in the thawing Arctic, and the US must respond

Russia and China have been busy in a rapidly changing Arctic, and America seems to have barely noticed.

By Bradley Bowman and Maj. Scott Adamson

3 years ago

Alaskan islanders yearn for the Navy to build a Bering Sea base

Pentagon planners are mulling at least one strategic Arctic port for Navy and Coast Guard vessels.

4 years ago

NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’

New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.

By Kyle Rempfer

4 years ago

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