Arctic News and Analysis
Canada's election season has been rocked both by unprecedented economic and political pressures from the new Trump administration, and renewed debates over the direction of Arctic Canadian security policy, including in the Arctic.
Even before the second Trump administration began, the president-elect began to yet again raise the dead-end prospect of annexing Greenland, giving no coherent reasons and alienating the Danish Kingdom. This controversy overshadowed the March elections in Greenland, leading to a new coalition government and a largely-unified stance against American neo-imperialism.
US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy docked in Tromsø, Norway, October 2023 [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] By Marc Lanteigne As the Arctic Ocean faces ongoing warming and the breakup of the far north’s ice cap, access to the region, and to its resources, have become a greater concern for Arctic and non-Arctic governments. Ice erosion in… Continue reading Icebreaker Chess? A New Polar Shipbuilding Deal Amongst NATO Members
