The Arctic

China's first domestically-built polar research vessel and icebreaker "Xuelong 2" prepares to take water at Jiangnan Shipyard in Chongming's Changxing Island in Shanghai, China, 10 September 2018.China's first wholly domestically conceived and built icebreaker Xuelong 2 took to the sea on Monday (10 September 2018) at Jiangnan Shipyard in Chongming's Changxing Island. Construction of the vessel began in December 20, 2016. Xuelong 2 will be put into service in the first half of 2019. It will team up with another icebreaker Xuelong on polar expeditions next year. The vessel is 122.5 meters in length and 22.3 meters wide, with a draught of 7.85 meters and displacement of 13,990 tons. It can reach 15 knots and it has a range of 20,000 nautical miles. Xuelong 2 can break 1.5-meter ice with a thick covering of snow at speeds of 2 to 3 knots. Its combines the requirements of a new-generation research vessel with environmental protection having an azimuthing electric propulsion system. Researchers can make observations of environmental elements like the ocean water, sea ice and polar air from the vessel and take samples from the marine environment in connection with climate change.No Use China. No Use France.

The Polar Silk Road will be cleared with Chinese icebreakers

Jeremy Greenwood

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

NATO in a competitive world: A conversation with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

This composite infrared imagery from NOAA weather satellites taken November 9, 2011 shows the storm moving over the Bering Strait region, bringing heavy winds and flooding to western Alaska. The storm, moving inland from the Aleutian Islands, was expected to bring hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour, heavy snowfall, widespread coastal flooding and severe erosion to most of Alaska's west coast, the National Weather Service said. REUTERS/NOAA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)

Is China worried about an Arctic choke point?

Jeremy Greenwood

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

NATO leaders pose for a family photo during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS

The future of NATO in an order transformed

Monday, June 14, 2021

The USS Toledo (SSN-769) arrives at Ice Camp Seadragon on the Arctic Ocean kicking off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020.Ice Camp Seadragon is a temporary ice camp that was established on a sheet of ice in the Arctic Ocean.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.Where: United StatesWhen: 04 Mar 2020Credit: US Navy/Cover Images**SURFACING VIDEO AVAILABLE: info@cover-images.com**

US military options to enhance Arctic defense

Timothy Greenhaw, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Rodrick H. McHaty, and Michael Sinclair

May 2021

China’s Arctic activities and ambitions

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Handout file photo dated September 30, 2019 of a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., descends after conducting air refueling operations with a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the Utah Air National Guards 151st Air Refueling Wing, over central Utah. The US Air Force is deploying B-1 bombers to Norway for the first time in a move that sends a clear message to Moscow that the US military will operate in the strategically important Arctic region and demonstrate that it will defend allies in the area against any Russian aggression close to the country's border. Four US Air Force B-1 bombers are being deployed to Orland Air Base in Norway, and within the next three weeks, missions will begin in the Arctic Circle and in international airspace off northwestern Russia, according to multiple defense officials. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John Winn via ABACAPRESS.COM

How polar security and space security are linked — and why the US Coast Guard should bridge the gap

Michael Sinclair

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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Northern expedition: China’s Arctic activities and ambitions

Rush Doshi, Alexis Dale-Huang, and Gaoqi Zhang

April 2021

The U.S Coast Guard Cutter Diligence (WMEC-616) arrives at its new homeport at Naval Air Station Pensacola on a stormy day Monday, July 27, 2020. The 210-foot Reliance-class cutter joins the cutters Decisive and the Dauntless currently calling Pensacola home.Uscg Homeport Diligence

The future of the U.S. Coast Guard is in outer space

Michael Sinclair

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Deligates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld,Pool

Balancing act: Major powers and the global response to US-China great power competition

Fiona Hill, Tanvi Madan, Amanda Sloat, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Bruce Jones, Emilie Kimball, Jesse I. Kornbluth, and Ted Reinert

July 2020

General view of Thule Air Base, Greenland, Denmark October 31, 2018. Picture taken October 31, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Linda Kastrup via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC1192531590

Punishing Denmark over Greenland shows Trump has defected to the autocrats

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Armed U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche stand watch as more than 39,000 pounds of seized cocaine is offloaded at Naval Base San Diego, California, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTX2QRU3

Always ready: Ensuring today’s Coast Guard can meet the challenges of tomorrow

Friday, December 2, 2016

The halfway point of the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Radar dish and antennas systems are seen at the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association facility on Breinosa, Svalbard, in Norway. (REUTERS/Anna Filipova)

With Russia overextended elsewhere, Arctic cooperation gets a new chance

Pavel K. Baev and Tim Boersma

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Charting Japan’s Arctic strategy

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Yesterday, the Northern Lights went out: The Arctic and the future of global energy

Charles K. Ebinger

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

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The U.S. still needs Arctic energy

Charles K. Ebinger

Monday, September 14, 2015

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The U.S. is more energy self-sufficient than ever before, and the Arctic can assure it stays that way

Charles K. Ebinger

Thursday, September 10, 2015

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Obama walking a razor’s edge in Alaska on climate change

Timmons Roberts

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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Russia’s Arctic illusions

Thursday, August 27, 2015