The vast, desolate Arctic frontier, rich in untapped energy and mineral resources, has long been dominated by Russia with its massive icebreaking fleet and extensive infrastructure inherited from the ...

A high-level Russian delegation, led by its foreign minister, met with a U.S. delegation for talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was the most significant meeting between the two countries since Russia ...

Ceasefire talks could be a catalyst for advancing cooperation in the Arctic, but the climate crisis should not be forgotten. Fishermen work on the ice of the Gulf of Finland against the backdrop of ...

China is expected to redefine its Arctic policy - including an ambition to become a great polar power by 2030 - amid growing scrutiny from far northern countries and a possible US-Russia cooperation ...

Russia is rapidly militarizing the Arctic, forging closer ties with China, and exploiting NATO weaknesses. The Arctic could be a future site of international competition. As American attention over ...

Moscow sees China, India, and other Asian powers as critical for the future of the Northern Sea Route, but their involvement remains limited. Russia’s ambitions to expand the global utilization of the ...

Days before the United States introduced its global system of tariffs, Chinese and Russian officials held a three-day summit in Moscow. Citing a “friends forever, enemies never” principle as the ...

Russia in the Arctic is a "grave concern" to NATO, Iceland's foreign minister has said, as Moscow forges ahead with its military buildup and economic plans for one of the most austere, but ...

On a wind-blasted plateau high above the most northerly town on Earth, arrays of white spherical domes stand like sentinels in the Arctic snow. Hidden from casual observers below in Longyearbyen, the ...

The regions's hydrocarbon potential's development is a possible area for agreements between the US and Russia MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The joint implementation of projects in the Arctic by Russia ...

Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 export facility, which is sanctioned by the United States, is coming back to life after a year of no activity and is looking for buyers in Asia. At least four tankers carrying ...