Beidzot pieleca
During an Alaska tour to promote America’s role in the warming Arctic, Obama said he would propose moving up the acquisition timetable for the service’s next polar icebreaker from 2022 to 2020 and call for […]
arktika
No salas skatoties (papildināts)
vara bungas: Sen nekas nebija dzirdams par britu ģeopolitiskiem plāniem, te nu būs Henrija Džeksona biedrības jaunākais pētījums After Crimea: Towards a new British Geostrategy for Eastern Europe. Viens no pētījuma līdzautoriem ir BALTDEFCOL pasniedzējs Džeimss […]
Dienas grauds
«Выраженная тенденция к увеличению в Арктике количества объектов морской экономической деятельности и активизации судоходства по Северному морскому пути диктует необходимость совершенствования системы мер по их антитеррористической защищенности». Александр Бортников, глава ФСБ, председатель Национального антитеррористического комитета […]
Dienas grauds (papildināts 22.07.)
[..] NATO has good reason to be interested in Sweden joining its alliance. In fact, the Alliance would like to see Sweden accede. Many experts believe that if Sweden joins, then Finland will follow the […]
SOF un Arktika
[..] In the harsh polar ecosystem, the military becomes the tool of national policy almost by default. The Arctic is a complex environment, and a report by the Arctic Institute noted that “the armed forces, […]
Climate change has left US exposed in Arctic, say military experts
Originally posted on The Arctic Monitor:
From The Guardian Political gridlock over climate change has left the US military exposed to Russia’s superior fleets in the Arctic, flooding in its naval bases and a more…
Ļeņingradas kovboji
[..] Finland for the first time has accused Russia of carrying out surveillance activities on its territory. Earlier reports of the Finnish security police had spoken about certain foreign countries” engaged in espionage against the […]
Of NATO, and future developments in Nordic Security environment
Originally posted on Epämuodikkaita ajatuksia:
As many may know, Republic’s President Sauli Niinistö held third Kultaranta talks Sunday and Monday, and Finnish security crowd has been unusually virile because of this. Also there was…
Melo kā dzied (papildināts 19.06.)
“[..] Russia is often described as an attacker who only thinks of conducting wars and threatening others. But I can guarantee that Sweden, which is an alliance-free nation, is not part of any military plans […]
BaltOps 2015 Zviedrijā
“Sweden may not expect any help from the U.S. and NATO should there be any attack against it. If Sweden becomes a NATO member, it will protect itself from any attacks,” Douglas Lute, the ambassador […]
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