The Norwegian government has presented its proposal for the 2025 National Budget. On Defense, this is the first budget of the Defense Pledge, with a nominal increase of 21.2% (18,1% corrected) compared with 2024. In total the 2025 budget is at 110 Bn NOK, up from 91 Bn for '24

In A First, Chinese Coast Guard Fleet Enters Arctic Ocean For Patrol, Russia Joins marineinsight.com/shipping-news/…

Beautifully put

How does Russia mount information campaigns through its press agencies to discredit NATO’s presence in the Arctic region? We're looking to @M_Landriault in his latest piece for the answers. nris.journal.fi/article/view/1…

I am back in Ukraine and the mood is pitch black. Ukraine feels betrayed. "Failing that, the West will have years to repent the betrayal of the courageous Ukrainians, whose only crime was their wish to join the Western democratic order" 1/ rusi.org/explore-our-re…

🇺🇸🏗️🚢 U.S. Arctic Presence Falters as Nome Deepwater Port Solicitation Canceled 👉More bad news for US #Arctic efforts. 👉Solicitation canceled due to insufficient funds. 👉Completion of Nome port slips into 2030s. John Ʌ Konrad V Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ Troy Bouffard, Ph.D. gcaptain.com/u-s-arctic-pre…

Defence cooperation between Canada and the United States keeps our continent and our people safe. I met with Senator Todd Young today and we discussed shared priorities between our two countries such as our investments in North American Aerospace Defense Command Modernization and enhancing Arctic defence. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Very interesting interaction.

This is one of the most remarkable people I think I’ve ever come across. Urge everyone to read more about her, extraordinary

Does the world need an International Fishing Court to try Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) and all the crimes that go with these activities? 🇨🇦 would be a natural state to host given importance to our national economy. 🇨🇦 belongs to North Atlantic Fella Organization etc.

Check out this stunning view of HMS Prince of Wales alongside her counterpart USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) 🤩 The aircraft carriers have been taking part in Nato’s Exercise Strike Warrior in the North sea 🌊 📺 Watch here 👇

NATO established a center of excellence on climate- security in Montreal CCASCOE The alliance is confronted with many challenges among which climate is a major one. Energy transition has moreover become a security imperative to exploit strategically clingendael.org/publication/cl…

The absolutely critical comment - delighted to see this being clarified.

Does anyone even notice daily Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure? Institute of Journalism in Kyiv has to move classes online because all the windows got blown out

🇫🇮🇸🇪La Suède et la Finlande préparent leurs citoyens à la guerre. Les deux États qui viennent tout juste de rejoindre l'OTAN prennent très au sérieux la menace russe et prévoient une guerre d'ampleur dans les années à venir. La Suède a relancé son service militaire en 2017, le

Last week’s Baltic cable outages are raising concerns and tensions with Moscow. With Russia’s recent activities in the region, they are quickly blamed for any disruptions. What measures should be taken to safeguard this critical infrastructure? foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/bal…

Latest thrilling addition of the Canadian Naval Review is out! Available online via navalreview.ca/current-issue/ - including an editorial to warm the cockles of Dan Jackson's heart

Is there a better way to celebrate being more than half-way between the start of December and Christmas? Absolutely not...

CAN🇨🇦 launches #Arctic Foreign Policy canada.ca/en/global-affa… Policy at: international.gc.ca/gac-amc/public…