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

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.