This year, #Norway and the #UK will increase the cooperation between their military forces. In December, the two countries signed an extensive defense agreement that paves the way for greater British presence in the High North.

#Debatt: Det har gått en slags sport i å karikere Nord-Norge som en landsdel i krig med seg selv. Analysen blir ikke riktig selv om den gjentas av tidligere helsebyråkater eller utgåtte politikere. Nord-Norge har knapt noen gang vært mer enig med seg selv, enn nå. #Arktis #NordNorge #Nordområdene

Norge og Grønland er enige om en kvoteavtale for 2026, og melder om reduksjon i kvotene fra 2025. #Grønland #Norge #Fiskerisamarbeid #Fiskeri #Arktis #nordområdene #fiskeriavtale

I år starter et nytt kapittel for Norge og Storbritannia, med tettere samarbeid mellom de militære styrkene. #UK #Norge #Forsvar @jfcnorfolk.bsky.social @forsvaret.bsky.social

#Debate: Faced with the Trump Administration today, do we even want the U.S. in the region? asks Berk Vindvogel, PhD researcher at the Ghent Institute for International and European Studies. #Trump #Greenland #Nordics #Arctic #opinions #Defense #Security www.highnorthnews.com/en/too-close...

Under det årlige Svalbardseminaret i Longyearbyen, holder redaktør og kommentator i High North News, Arne O. Holm foredrag om stormaktenes spill om Arktis og hva dette betyr for Svalbard. #Svalbard #Arktis

#Newsletter: The year 2026 started with a bang, and even we who cover the High North are struggling to keep up with the sudden geopolitical developments. In fact, we find ourselves in a place that is a bit too reminiscent of a fateful February four years ago. #Arctic

Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland has entered a dangerous new phase with the White House actively drawing up acquisition plans, calling it a "national security priority." #Trump #Greenland #Arctic #USA #Security

On Tuesday, January 6, the Danish Foreign Affairs Committee was called to an emergency meeting about "the kingdom's relationship with the United States." @folketinget.dk #Denmark #Security #Trump #Greenland #USA

Tirsdag 6. januar ble den danske utenrikskomiteen kalt inn til krisemøte om «kongeriket sitt forhold til USA». #Arktis #Trump #Grønland #USA #Danmark #Sikkerhet

The United States Coast Guard has signed contracts with Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions and Louisiana’s Bollinger Shipyards to build six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers #Arctic #Icebreakers #ICEpact #Finland #USCoastGuard

On January 1st, Norway assumed leadership of the Nordic Defence Cooperation after Finland. War in Europe and heightened uncertainty have increased the significance of cooperation. "Europe can not take security for granted," says Norway's MoD, Tore O. Sandvik. www.highnorthnews.com/en/norway-as...

#Debatt: Grønlands Folketingsmedlem Aaja Chemnitz tar til orde for en europeisk og nordisk militærøvelse på Grønland som et svar på Donald Trumps trusler. Diplomatisk språk virker ikke lenger avskrekkende. Vår nærmeste allierte skal avskrekkes med militærmakt. #Trump #Grønland #Arktis

Russia has completed its first domestically assembled Arc7 LNG carrier after years of sanctions-driven delays, offering a rare boost to Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project but underscoring the deep challenges still facing Russia’s shipbuilding ambitions. #Arctic #LNG #Russia #Novatek

The readers are clear: The flow of Russian gas, Trump's claim to Greenland, and warfare are among the 10 most important stories of 2025. #Top10 #Arctic

#Debate: The Arctic is still widely framed as geography. Russia treats it as a services chain. When Western sanctions hit that chain in February 2022, Russian flows did not stop - they were displaced. #Arctic #Russia #Turkey #Sanctions #LNG @jfcnorfolk.bsky.social #Shipping

Etter planen skulle #Forsvarets base #Bodø fungere som midlertidig arbeidssted for #Natos tredje regionale #luftoperasjonssenter (CAOC Bodø). Regjeringen tilbyr nå dette som permanent lokalisering.

Comment from Arne O. Holm: We are about to close on a turbulent year, to put it mildly. Perhaps the most turbulent any of us can remember. So let us hope that next year offers something different, such as the Arctic remaining a region without armed conflict. www.highnorthnews.com/en/who-trust...

After much uncertainty regarding this year's fisheries negotiations, Norway and Russia reached a fisheries agreement for 2026 on Thursday. The parties have agreed on a continued decline in the quota for the important cod in the Barents Sea, among other things. #Russia #Norway #Fisheries #Arctic

Etter mye usikkerhet rundt årets fiskeriforhandlinger, kom Norge og Russland til enighet om en fiskeriavtale for 2026 torsdag. Partene har blant annet blitt enige om en fortsatt nedgang i kvota for den viktige torsken i #Barentshavet. #Russland #Norge #Fiskeriavtale #Fiskeri #Arktis #nordområdene

#Newsletter: It might early for holiday greetings, but this is our final newsletter for the year, so we'll take the chance. This past week has been characterized by Denmark's brutal honesty towards USA. We also have an interesting scientist profile and the latest climate research news. #Arctic

One third of Arctic shipping traffic along the Northern Sea Route involves sanctioned vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet, a new report warns. #Arctic #Bellona #DarkFleet #ShadowFleet #Russia #NSR #LNG @bellonaeu.bsky.social www.highnorthnews.com/en/russias-a...

The #EU and #Swedish authorities will assist laid-off #Northvolt workers in #Sweden with financial aid following the bankruptcy of the #battery manufacturer.

The Arctic Report Card 2025 highlights the continued alarming developments in the Arctic and how climate change is disproportionately affecting the region. www.highnorthnews.com/en/arctic-re...

A significant proportion of surveyed Canadian Arctic residents believe climate change was either caused by natural changes or that the scientific evidence about climate change was not sufficient. @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social #Arctic #Canada #ClimateChange #Climate #Science

US President Trump has appointed Tom Dans to lead the federal agency that advises the White House and Congress on America’s research activities in the Arctic. #Trump #Arctic #USA #Research #USARC

#US President #Trump has appointed Tom Dans to lead the federal agency that advises the White House and Congress on #America’s research activities in the #Arctic. Dans has recently been involved in promoting closer US-Greenlandic ties.

Kommentar: Regjeringen har lagt fram en «plan for Norge». #Nordområdene er nevnt en gang i det 13 sider lange dokumentet. I «Norges viktigste strategiske satsingsområde» skal regjeringen «bidra til økt bosetning». I tillegg til å være en «ansvarlig polarnasjon».

Willy Østreng (84) has spent five years on his new book, The Geopolitical Arctic Ocean. Through two volumes, he examines the current challenges in the Arctic Ocean through a historical lens. He wishes to place his own research into a greater context. www.highnorthnews.com/en/willy-84-...

The Norwegian Ministry of Defense believes the current security policy situation calls for the expansion of the military police's scope to include the Norwegian Arctic island of Jan Mayen. @forsvarsdep.bsky.social #JanMayen #Security #Defense #Arctic

#Debate: The silk gloves are off. It took the Danish Defence Intelligence Service to stand up against the USA and Donald Trump. Their message cannot be misunderstood: the USA is a threat to Europe. #Arctic #USA #Denmark #Security #Intelligence #Defense

A sharper U.S. focus on its “immediate region” and the hemispheric approach of Washington’s new National #Security Strategy has created doubts in Copenhagen about America’s long-term role in the #Arctic. Denmark’s #Outlook2025 concludes that this strategic shift could leave the region more exposed

The 2025 summer–autumn navigation season on Russia’s Northern Sea Route wrapped up with 103 transit voyages moving an estimated 3.2 million tons of cargo. While tanker traffic continued to dominate, bulk carriers and container ships posted notable gains #NSR #Arctic #Shipping #Russia

Et nytt fellesskap for arktisk maritimt partnerskap har sett dagens lys. Målet er å tette kritiske kompetansegap i det maritime nord. #Arktis #Sikkerhet #samarbeid

#Newsletter: The final weeks before Christmas are colored by increased militarization and uncertainty regarding the Norwegian-Russian fisheries negotiations. Yet, underneath all this, important research is still taking place and you can read about it at High North News. #Arctic

Stig (30) became the first to defend his dissertation in Arctic Security at the University Center in Svalbard. He has researched how Longyearbyen manages climate-related risks while simultaneously experiencing how climate change impacts the island himself. www.highnorthnews.com/en/stig-30-h...

#Debate: Since 2022 the political language around the Arctic has changed. Security now takes up much more attention than cooperation. #Arctic #Security #Opinions

As the security environment in northern Europe is rapidly changing, the North should now be considered as having a shared strategic geography, writes Postdoctoral Fellow Gabriella Gricius in this op-ed. www.highnorthnews.com/en/sharing-s...

The Norwegian government supports the acquisition of two additional submarines from Germany, boosting its order with Thyssenkrupp to six boats; a move intended to strengthen Norway’s deterrence and surveillance capacity in the North @forsvaret.bsky.social @toreosa.bsky.social #Arctic #submarines

This week, the Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission will meet for digital #fisheries negotiations for the important fish stocks in the Barents Sea. This year's process regarding the negotiations has been more demanding than in the past.

The #Trump administration’s 2025 National #Security Strategy omits a dedicated #Arctic section, unlike its 2022 predecessor, but experts say the shift reflects a hemispheric approach—not neglect—with #icebreaker acquisitions and the #ICE Pact @arctictroy.bsky.social @uafairbanks.bsky.social

#NATO officially transfer the responsibility of #Nordic countries to the Alliance's High North-focused command, JFC #Norfolk.

#Debate: Right now, a dramatic battle is taking place within the EU about the continued funding of Ukraine's defense against an increasingly aggressive Russia. However, this is not just about money. #Russia @ec.europa.eu @forsvaret.bsky.social #Arctic #Defense

#Norway and the #UK have signed an extensive defense agreement. One of the central points in the agreement involves British forces having a greater role in the defense of Norway. www.highnorthnews.com/en/historic-...

#Debate: Norway, European defence, and the Future of the Nordic welfare model - What the European Banking Federation report reveals about Europe’s most crucial non EU defence partner. #Norway #Welfare #Arctic #EU #Defense #OpEd

Researcher Andreas Back at Umeå University will investigate abandoned houses and explore how they can be utilized as a resource, particularly in areas experiencing long-term population decline. www.highnorthnews.com/en/new-resea...

#Newsletter: An update of the EU's Arctic policy could have a major impact on Norway, which is not a member. Here is the latest news from the High North. #Arctic

#Debate: When will Russia once again be able to attack another European country? For Northern Europe and a number of Baltic states, that will hopefully not be possible until November 7th, 2028. The so-called peace agreement for Ukraine showcases the gravity of the situation #Ukraine #Russia #Baltics

From Arne O. Holm: While Norway is refusing to adjust its position on the EU, the EU recently adopted a new resolution for the Arctic that could majorly impact on the High North. Most notably, it recognizes the increased militarization in the North. www.highnorthnews.com/en/eu-finall...

The Parliament of the European Union adopted a new Arctic resolution warning of military buildup and highlighting the need for cooperation with Nordic partners, including Norway, to ready itself for the coming geopolitical competition. @ec.europa.eu #Arctic #EU @jfcnorfolk.bsky.social