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Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, tour the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025.
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The price is right: Greenland edition

How much would it cost for the United States to maintain Greenland as its territory? And what are the revenue possibilities from the Arctic island’s natural resources? Those are two questions the White House is reportedly looking into in the surest sign yet that Trump’s interest in Greenland is genuine.

Flags of Canada and China.
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HARD NUMBERS: China executes Canadians, Tariffs slow economic growth, Canada buys Australian tech, Fed keeps rates steady, Egg seizures escalate while drug busts drop

A man walks as a Danish flag flutters next to Hans Egede Statue ahead of a March 11 general election in Nuuk, Greenland, March 9, 2025.
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Snubbing Trump, Greenland votes to stick closer to Denmark – for now

Greenland’s center-right parties trounced the ruling left-wing coalition in Tuesday’s election. In a blow to US President Donald Trump’s plans to annex the Arctic territory, a once-marginal party that favors a slow separation from Denmark is set to lead the next government.

​French President Emmanuel Macron receives Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Jan. 28, 2025.
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France weighs EU troop deployment to Greenland

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says Paris is in talks with Copenhagen about sending troops to Greenland. Donald Trump would not take kindly to such a move.

Six issues that will shape US-Canada relations in 2025
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Six issues that will shape US-Canada relations in 2025

With Donald Trump threatening massive tariffs that would hit Canada hard, taking aim at the country’s anemic defense spending, criticizing its border policy, eyeing its fresh water, and more, 2025 will indeed be a rocky time for US-Canada relations.

Ian Explains: Alaska is not just a state, it's a geopolitical outpost
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Ian Explains: Alaska is not just a state, it's a geopolitical outpost

As a warming planet causes the Arctic ice cap to melt, Alaska's economic and geopolitical importance has only grown.

DOD in Photos: 2020 This collection showcases the work of U.S. military photographers in 2020, when U.S. service members continued to conduct around-the-clock training and operations worldwide to ensure the nation's security, even while responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The USS Toledo (SSN-769) arrives at Ice Camp Seadragon on the Arctic Ocean kicking off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020. ICEX 2020 is a three-week, biennial exercise that offers the Navy the opportunity to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic and train with other services, partner nations and Allies to increase experience in the region, and maintain regional stability while improving capabilities to operate in the Arctic environment. U.S. Navy Photo by MC1 Michael B. Zingaro Where: United States When: 04 Mar 2020
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US adopts a new Arctic strategy

Climate change is already reshaping US and Canadian defense policy. Melting Arctic ice raises the chances of natural disaster, and it’s also leading to an increased military presence in the north – from the US and Canada, but also Russia and China.

​A Canadian flag is pictured on Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 23, 2012.
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Canada flexes a little Arctic muscle

Amid criticism that it is not spending enough on defense, Canada has bought a hangar in the Arctic for CA$8.6 million – an installation that sits next to a NORAD air base.

​Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Putin-Xi “friendship” threatens Arctic

A new report says China is gaining a major foothold in the Arctic as Russia shifts its defense priorities to the war in Ukraine.

Graphic Truth: Russia's icebreaker fleet dwarfs US & Canada
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Graphic Truth: Russia's icebreaker fleet dwarfs US & Canada

Canada and the US have between them fewer than 20 active icebreakers, both public and privately owned, while on the other side of the North Pole, Russia can field more than 50.