In recent weeks, the international community has witnessed two seemingly unrelated events that, upon closer examination, reveal a complex interplay of geopolitics and ocean governance. On one side, there have been discussions within Russia about potentially withdrawing from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), andContinue Reading
Washington’s ‘unilateral steps do not comply with rules, procedures’ of international law, says Russian Foreign Ministry Russia on Monday said it sent a demarche to the US over the country’s decision to extend its continental shelf in December 2023. A statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry said Washington’s “unilateral stepsContinue Reading
The Arctic environment has spurred the US Marine Corps (USMC) as the land-component lead for ‘Nordic Response 2024′ NATO exercise held in March in Norway to recalibrate the most effective and safest way to move equipment and people, according to Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Fitzsimmons, senior watch officer for the exercise’sContinue Reading
Global defence spending rose by 10 percent to reach $2.2 trillion, with NATO members accounting for half the total, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Military analyst Igor Chibisov explains whether this relates to military conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine or whether it is aContinue Reading
If the plans go ahead, three hydrogen production plants would be built in Kokkola, Kristinestad and Porvoo, leading to the creation of around 1,000 direct jobs and over 3,000 indirect jobs. The US company Plug Power has announced plans to build three green hydrogen production plants in Finland in aContinue Reading
The Finnish Armed Forces pre-announced the U.S. flight and made a statement saying “There have been no changes in Finland’s military security situation or environment in the recent past. Flight operations with international partners are art of normal bilateral and multilateral cooperation.” However, Thursday’s flight was all but normal. ThisContinue Reading
Denmark and the US are negotiating a defense agreement in the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, confirmed Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Monday night. After meeting with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken, the Danish foreign minister told local media that the US-Denmark Defense Cooperation Agreement was discussed betweenContinue Reading
The bombing of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea was a covert operation ordered by the White House and carried out by the CIA, a report by a veteran investigative journalist claims. Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has claimed that US deep-sea divers, using aContinue Reading
The Baltic states cannot imagine their security without the United States’ involvement, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says. “All Baltic states are very clear that the United States’ involvement in our collective defense system is a critical factor and we can hardly imagine our 100 percent security without the United States’Continue Reading