How fast the Arctic opens up depends on climate change, economic factors and, above all, geopolitics. We look at how the region is turning into a strategic crossroads in The World Ahead https://t.co/c4jaPo6chY ...

To many Western allies, the threat in the Arctic comes not just from Russia or China, but from an America that often looks like going rogue https://t.co/Wsxv0trqRg ...

Donald Trump’s dream of an Arctic manifest destiny in Greenland and Canada is folly. It will lead allies to suspect that Russia and China are not the only dangers in the region https://t.co/U1FKfvq8d3 ...

On conventional maps of the world the Arctic looks marginal. But adopt a polar perspective of Earth, and the Arctic becomes the crossroads of great powers https://t.co/rXaK3aXOwv ...

Geopolitical Strategy - The report suggests the US government has initiated actions to strengthen defense infrastructure in the Arctic region [1] - The report recommends that the US government should shift focus towards its Pacific front [1]

American forces are increasingly scraping against Russia and China in the Pacific side of the Arctic. Donald Trump, however, is focused on the Atlantic flank https://t.co/oxyK1611TF ...

Long a region of diplomatic tranquillity, today the Arctic is fast becoming a zone for potential confrontation. America has much to do to ramp up defence in the region https://t.co/soIri034OO ...

Finnish firms have built more than half of the world’s icebreakers. As competition over the Arctic grows, America’s president is taking notice https://t.co/qi5vTDRwWS ...

The location of a European outpost in the Arctic is of growing geopolitical significance. These maps illustrate why https://t.co/2s6c8zFKBq ...

Geopolitics & Strategy - America is increasing its focus on the Arctic region [1] - The previous national security advisor suggests Donald Trump needs to accelerate Arctic efforts [1]