Warming up for a fight

Professor Lawrence Freedman explains why NATO’s future and the island’s fate are secure despite heightening tensions above the Arctic Circle

→ Greenland is in the grip of a global power struggle. In recent weeks, the country has been discussed in the language of warships, minerals and military strategy. At the Munich Security Conference ea

Just before Christmas, a bitter wind blew in. Ice and snow descended, first in Scotland and then, on Boxing Day, across the rest of the UK. Before it could melt or the new year arrive, a second blizza

Dr Paul Brown reveals Britain’s role in patrolling the seas during the height of Cold War tensions with the USSR

I grew up in Greenland skiing and shooting, and competed for Denmark in biathlon at the Milano Cortina Olympics. But the sport I love is becoming harder to recognize as a winter sport at all. At the w

Beneath the vast Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, there’s a weird world unlike any other