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PhD Researcher: NATO in the Arctic/High North
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10 NAVO lidstaten, waaronder België, en Australië zullen de komende dagen deelnemen aan een oefening in het Hoge Noorden die focust op het beschermen van het Noorse luchtruim.
www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/N...
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https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4173382/us-6th-fleet-and-strikefornato-kick-off-exercise-formidable-shield-2025/
about 1 year ago
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Goed van de VRT om onze aandacht te trekken naar de spanning in het Noorden, maar deze zijn daar niet voornamelijk door de aanwezigheid van grondstoffen. Daar is namelijk heel wat onzekerheid rond en zijn ze vaak zijn ze al verdeeld via het zeerecht.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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President Poetin noemt VS-plan voor Groenland "serieus" en waarschuwt voor toenemende rivaliteit in Noordpoolgebied
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/03/27/poetin-waarschuwt-voor-toenemende-rivaliteit-in-noordpoolgebied/
about 1 year ago
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Zoals onze chef Defensie generaal Frederik Vansina onlangs in De Tijd stelde: 'We zijn onbeschermd tegen een aanval vanuit het noorden.' Hieronder mijn vervolg op zijn stelling.
www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...
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https://www.tijd.be/opinie/algemeen/algemeen/De-dreiging-komt-uit-het-Noorden/10599631
about 1 year ago
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Interesting read! Explaining how the FSB uses these vessels and European ports such as
#Zeebrugge
to do their bidding.
www.highnorthnews.com/en/how-russi...
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How Russia’s Security Service FSB Gained Control Over the Yamal LNG Fleet Reportedly Setting Up Covert Cargo Operations
A targeted operation by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) successfully pushed out Western officers from the Yamal LNG fleet in favor of Russian personnel, a HNN investigation has uncovered. The ...
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/how-russias-security-service-fsb-gained-control-over-yamal-lng-fleet-reportedly-setting-covert
about 1 year ago
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Van 3-14 maart vindt de jaarlijkse 'Joint Viking' oefening plaats in het Noorden van Noorwegen, met ook een Belgische aanwezigheid. Want ook België moet de dreiging in het Noorden (lees: Rusland) helpen afschrikken.
www.highnorthnews.com/en/joint-vik...
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Joint Viking 2025: 10,000 Soldiers From 9 Nations Exercise Defending Northern Norway
This year's largest military exercise in Norway kicked off on Monday. Norwegian forces are now practicing on countering military threats in the North – reinforced by allies from Western Europe and Nor...
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/joint-viking-2025-10000-soldiers-9-nations-exercise-defending-northern-norway
about 1 year ago
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This is becoming absurd..
www.reuters.com/world/trumps...
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Trump's Greenland plan: US House Republicans seek support for bill on possible purchase
President-elect Donald Trump's Republican allies in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to build support for a bill on authorizing talks for the purchase of Greenland, according to a copy of the bill circulated for co-sponsors on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-republican-allies-us-house-circulate-bill-greenlands-purchase-2025-01-13/
over 1 year ago
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Bij deze, mijn take omtrent de dreigende taal van aankomend President
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over 1 year ago
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Donald Trump hint weer met de mogelijke aankoop van Groenland. Maar wist je dat President Truman, weliswaar in het uiterste geheim, de eerste was om dit te doen? Hij bood Groenland zelfs USD 100 miljoen in goud en een stuk van Alaska om olie op te ontginnen.
over 1 year ago
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Dat Rusland dagelijks duizenden families verscheurd en uitmoord en dat grote delen van Oekraïne compleet verwoest zijn, vliegt duidelijk onder de radar. Ik betaal gerust meer zolang dat gas niet uit Rusland komt.
over 1 year ago
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Tom Simoens
over 1 year ago
Oekraïense zeedrone schiet Russische heli uit de lucht tijdens een aanval op de Krim. Heli’s waren doeltreffende verdediging tegen deze drones, dus zochten de Oekraïners een oplossing. En ze vonden die. Adaptability! 💪🏻
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Eindelijk dit sterk artikel in de Tijd kunnen lezen! Zeker een aanrader voor zij die wat meer over het belang van en het leven in het Hoge Noorden willen leren.
www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
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Kirkenes, waar de grote wereldproblemen samenkomen | 'Elke kaart zou de noordpool als centrum moeten hebben'
Wie de wereldpolitiek wil voelen, moet naar Kirkenes, het Noorse stadje in de meest afgelegen uithoek van West-Europa. Ver boven de noordpoolcirkel hangt de spanning met buur Rusland in de ijskoude lu...
https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/europa/algemeen/kirkenes-waar-de-grote-wereldproblemen-samenkomen-elke-kaart-zou-de-noordpool-als-centrum-moeten-hebben/10579667
over 1 year ago
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Thomas Nilsen
over 1 year ago
Hilarious: "I'm a patriot" reads the slogan next to US Air Force F-16 fighter jets painted with trail of smoke in Russia's tricolour. The wall at the new children's school in the military Pechenga district was soon repainted with Su-57s 🤣
www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/scandal...
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Great high-level event today on the Arctic! Thanks to the
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
once again for the organisation. Always happy to see many different faces and advance the Arctic agenda in Belgium.
over 1 year ago
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Deterrence and Defence at work in the High North: The U.S. together with Norway and the UK and a fleet of B-52s, F-35s, P-8s, K/RC-135s, Typhoons and a U-2 spy plane have been exercising live-weapon drops in Norway on enemy targets.
www.usafe.af.mil/News/Article...
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https://www.eucom.mil/image/43094/two-b-52s-take-off-for-exercise-apex-buccaneer
over 1 year ago
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Russian Northern Fleet vessels exercise near
#Syria
, but also close to
#Türkiye
and
#Cyprus
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www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/war...
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Warships from Northern Fleet take center stage in Russian show of support for Syria's Bashar al-Assad
Two frigates that normally are based in the far northern Kola Peninsula this week fired hypersonic Tsirkon missiles in the east Mediterranean as part of a Russian exercise. The training takes place as...
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/warships-from-northern-fleet-take-center-stage-in-russian-show-of-support-for-syrias-bashar-alassad/421767
over 1 year ago
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Hans de Vreij
over 1 year ago
‘NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones’
www.defensenews.com/breaking-new...
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NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2024/12/03/nato-draws-up-plans-for-its-own-fleet-of-naval-surveillance-drones/
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Hans de Vreij
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Noorwegen gaat het vliegveld van Rzeszów in Polen beschermen met F-35’s en NASAMS luchtdoelraketten. Rzeszów is de belangrijkste hub voor militaire steun aan Oekraïne. De Noorse inzet is in NAVO-verband en duurt tot Pasen
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
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Norway contributes F-35 fighter jets and NASAMS air defence to Poland
Ukraine remains in critical need of military support, with Poland as as the most critical logistics hub.. Starting early December 2024, Norway will assume air defence responsibility for the most impor...
https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/norge-bidrar-med-f-35-kampfly-og-nasams-luftvern-til-polen/id3077494/
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Elisabeth Braw
over 1 year ago
Finland has no choice but to talk about the threats facing it. But national security threats worry the business community. How Finland manages to strike the balance will have lessons for other countries.
politico.eu/article/finl...
(Me
@politico.eu
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Finland’s preparedness isn’t exactly good for business
Being known as a country facing geopolitical threats has its drawbacks — particularly when it comes to the economy.
https://politico.eu/article/finland-business-nato-russia-punishment-chatgpt-nyt-europe-sweden-companies/
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"Become a TikTok influencer":
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No surprises here. But, I doubt that it will trigger Article 5. (1) Hybrid instruments are still vaguely defined and triggering an article 5 is up to Allies' interpretation, more than in case of an armed attack. (2) I have my doubts that Allies would be ready to defend Svalbard. Though they should!
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over 1 year ago
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The Lost Comms 🇳🇴 🇪🇺
over 1 year ago
Nordic countries get ready to establish cross-border military corridors.
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/nor...
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Nordic countries get ready to establish cross-border military corridors
'It is of paramount importance that we are able to receive and move allied forces across the Nordic region as rapidly and efficiently as possible,' says Norway's Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram afte...
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/nordic-countries-get-ready-to-establish-crossborder-military-corridors/421019
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Terzake
over 1 year ago
Nederlandse defensieminister
@rubenbrekelmans.bsky.social
roept alle NAVO-lidstaten - ook België - op om 2%-norm te halen: "We zullen meer gevechtskracht op de mat moeten leggen."
#terzake
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Thord Are Iversen
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"Two Norwegian F-35s on NATO QRA identified a Russian IL-20 Coot A, in international airspace off the coast of Finnmark. This flight is considered as routine activity." Photo: QRA / Forsvaret
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Kasper Goossens
over 1 year ago
Rusland heeft vandaag voor de eerste keer in de wereldgeschiedenis een intercontinentale ballistische raket ingezet. Het is tegelijk niet de eerste keer dat Rusland raketten inzet die kernkoppen zouden kunnen dragen. Qua escalatie kan dit wel tellen.
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Elisabeth Braw
over 1 year ago
The Hunt for the Yi Peng 3: If Danish (and/or other) officials board the Baltic Sea cable suspect, what should they do? That's a more difficult question than it may seem. (No boarding has taken place so far.) Me
@foreignpolicy.com
(no paywall)
foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/w...
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Will Denmark Expose Chinese-Russian Sabotage in the Baltic?
The Danish Navy is circling a suspicious Chinese ship off its coast—but deterring ill-intentioned merchant vessels presents a geopolitical dilemma.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/will-denmark-expose-chinese-russian-sabotage-in-the-baltic/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=d2lsbC1kZW5tYXJrLWV4cG9zZS1jaGluZXNlLXJ1c3NpYW4tc2Fib3RhZ2UtaW4tdGhlLWJhbHRpYw==&pid=OC20506955
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Michelle Haas
over 1 year ago
Er wordt regelmatig - en terecht - bezorgdheid geuit over het niveau op universiteiten. Maar ook eens een positief geluid: de meeste studenten zijn oprecht gemotiveerd. Vandaag modereerde ik een debat over Amerikaans buitenlandbeleid met masterstudenten. De discussie was scherp, onderbouwd en open.
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Axel Weydts
over 1 year ago
Deze ochtend hadden we in het parlement een boeiend gesprek met de Belgische ambassadeur bij de NAVO. De uitdagingen die ons te wachten staan zijn enorm. Vrede is de hoogste vorm van sociale zekerheid. En nooit eerder stond die vrede zo onder druk.
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Tom Simoens
over 1 year ago
1,18% van het 🇧🇪 BBP voor Defensie in 2023. 2023. Dat is vorig jaar.
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"NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has decided to appoint Radmila Shekerinska from North Macedonia as the next Deputy Secretary General."
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
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NATO Secretary General appoints Radmila Shekerinska as next Deputy Secretary General
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has decided to appoint Radmila Shekerinska from North Macedonia as the next Deputy Secretary General.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_230683.htm
over 1 year ago
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Yesterday, Sweden issued their pamphlet on what to do in case of a crisis or war. Here are nine interesting passages (in my opinion): 1/ "If Sweden is attacked, we will never surrender. Any suggestion to the contrary is false."
www.msb.se/en/advice-fo...
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The brochure In case of crisis or war
A new Swedish version of the brochure ‘In case of crisis or war’ will be sent to all households from 18 November for two weeks. Here you will find a version in English to download, order or listen to.
https://www.msb.se/en/advice-for-individuals/the-brochure-in-case-of-crisis-or-war/
over 1 year ago
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Kort maar krachtig statement: "The fact that such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage speaks volumes about the volatility of our times."
um.fi/statements/-...
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Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Finland and Germany on the severed undersea cable in the Baltic Sea - Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Statements, 18.11.2024 Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Finland and Germany on the severed undersea...
https://um.fi/statements/-/asset_publisher/6zHpMjnolHgl/content/joint-statement-by-the-foreign-ministers-of-finland-and-germany-on-the-severed-undersea-cable-in-the-baltic-sea/35732
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
POLITICO Europe
over 1 year ago
Sweden has started to distribute copies of a booklet advising its citizens how to prepare for war, as Nordic countries teach people how to brace for a potential Russian attack.
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Sweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks
Norway and Finland also launched a campaign to advise people what they should do in the event of an invasion.
https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-issues-pamphlet-warning-citizens-what-to-do-in-case-of-war/
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UK Defence Journal
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Operations included warships, support vessels, helicopters, and long-range maritime patrol aircraft as part of a coordinated effort to maintain security at sea. Click here to read:
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-forc...
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British forces keep watch Russian warships close to UK
Operations included warships, support vessels, helicopters, and long-range maritime patrol aircraft as part of a coordinated effort to maintain security at sea.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-forces-keep-watch-russian-warships-close-to-uk/
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Prof. Biscop legt de vinger op de wonde en stelt de Europese leiders voor paal. Hoe kan het dat er, goed wetende wat de gevolgen zijn, niet sneller actie word genomen? Lafheid/angst/nalatigheid?
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over 1 year ago
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Thomas Nilsen
over 1 year ago
A cool new documentary airing tonight on BBC2 at 9 pm for those in the UK.
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Inderdaad! Terwijl wij geleidelijk aan het belang van de regio wel erkennen, vertaalt zich dit niet in beleid. Sta me hierbij toe om schaamteloos mijn opiniestuk te promoten 🫣:
www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...
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The recent attacks on Ukraine included at least 9 TU-95MS bombers from
#Olenya
airbase in the Russian
#Arctic
With limited radar converage in the North,
#NATO
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