At its nearest point, Alaska is just 2.4 miles from Russia. In the remote Bering Sea, Little Diomede Island (belonging to the US) sits next to Big Diomede Island (part of Russia). In between them lies ...

In July 2024, Russian and Chinese bombers conducted joint drills over the Chukchi and Bering Seas and the northern Pacific ...

One of these threats, and one notoriously hard to pick up, is Russian submarines. Climate change is making the task of ...

The U.S. military said it and its allies are prepared to counter adversary attempts to expand influence or military ...

China is expected to redefine its Arctic policy - including an ambition to become a great polar power by 2030 - amid growing scrutiny from far northern countries and a possible US-Russia cooperation ...

“You cannot annex another country.” This was the clear message given by the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, at a recent press conference with the outgoing and incoming prime ministers of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has once again kicked up a storm with his pursuit of Greenland, this time refusing to rule out the use of force to gain control of the Arctic ...

Interested eyes are watching for the first movements of Russia's shadow fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers through the Arctic passage of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this summer as sea ice ...

As the world’s attention shifts to Alaska for the critical summit on Ukraine between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it also shines a light on an area that is crucial to global security, writes world ...