The Arctic Century

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Germany in the Arctic After Ukraine and Hormuz
Germany swapped Russian gas for Norwegian and rearmed against Moscow. Now the AfD polls near 30%, and every one of those bets looks fragile.
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Finland's Newest F-35 Failed to Reach Its Base on Time
Finland's F-35 era opened one jet short—an avionics fault stranded a fighter in the Azores, on a fleet costing roughly triple the Hornets it replaces.
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New F-35 Fighter Jets En Route to Finland
Finland's first F-35s are crossing the Atlantic with American pilots at the controls—and the Air Force will say nothing until they land in Lapland.
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By Sled, Helicopter, and Icebreaker: How Russia Votes for Parliament
A voting booth on a nuclear icebreaker, ballots delivered by dog sled and helicopter—Russia's three-day Duma election reaches its remotest Arctic corners.
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Tommaso Bontempi
It is a form of presence measured in shared data rather than in claims, and one that, in a region increasingly watched by the rest of the world, chooses to make itself noticed through its discretion.
Denmark Tries to Keep Greenland with More Money
An updated framework agreement steers 1.2 billion kroner into Greenland's airports, water, and power by 2029—as Copenhagen works to keep the island close.
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US Engineers Survey Narsarsuaq as Danish F-35s Land in Greenland
US Navy engineers measured a runway in southern Greenland as Danish F-35s landed on the island for the first time—NATO's Arctic push is accelerating.
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Finland Will Hide Under a Nuclear Umbrella That Doesn't Exist
Finland joined a French nuclear initiative that offers no umbrella, no guarantee, and no cost—months before the president behind it leaves office.
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Elena Kempi
Karelia did have a chance to grow Karelian birch on an industrial scale of its own, but the lawless nineties and human greed spared none of the rare plantings.
A Proven Treaty, a Cooler Future—and an Arctic Caveat
The Kigali Amendment turns ten and could still spare the planet half a degree—while a cooling stratosphere quietly raises the odds of an Arctic ozone hole.
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Ten Years of High North
Ten summers of Italian surveys west of Svalbard have charted 31,800 square kilometers of Arctic seabed—and quietly bought Rome standing in the region.
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