The route, made viable by the melting of Arctic sea ice due to climate change, runs from Murmansk near Russia’s border with Norway to the Bering Strait near Alaska. “As for the Northern Sea ...

Russia continues the militarization of the Arctic, strengthening its Northern Fleet by commissioning new warships and ...

Russia plans to add at least three new Borei-class nuclear submarines. Each of these formidable vessels can carry 16 Bulava ...

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Alexei Dyumin took part in a meeting of the State Council Commission on the ...

Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas ... Russia claims sovereignty over the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which winds over the top of Russia and Alaska and will be a commercially ...

The Arctic is emerging as a critical frontier in the race for mineral wealth, fossil fuels, and geopolitical dominance. As ...

The two have been working together for almost two years on a partnership to build more infrastructure along the Northern Sea Route, a critical Arctic shipping lane. Naturally, a thawing Arctic ...

The Northern Sea Route, which runs along the northern coast of Russia through the Arctic Ocean, is the shortest sea route linking Europe to Asia. But thick sea ice made it inaccessible for much ...

China is expected to redefine its Arctic policy - including an ambition to become a great polar power by 2030 - amid growing ...

The massive Arctic island is mostly empty, but there are still plenty of reasons why the president would want to bring it ...

Jeremy Holt told Newsweek: "Any bilateral agreement between Russia and the U.S. concerning Arctic trade routes seems unlikely to reduce security tensions in the Baltic Sea, without a formal or ...