As the Arctic ice melts, a new Cold War is heating up. Russia and China are rewriting the rules of global power, testing missiles, flexing muscles, and pushing into the world’s last frontiers. A 294-metre container ship has just blazed through the Arctic route from China to Europe in record time.

Some of Canada’s allies are praising Ottawa’s work on preventing Russia from smuggling oil through concealed ships — ships that Ottawa fears could someday unleash an environmental cataclysm in the Arctic.

The U.S. and its allies have tried to cripple Russia’s energy industry, but Moscow has found loopholes time and again.

Moscow had included funds in the draft federal budget for the recovery of the nuclear submarines from the Arctic seabed.

Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.

Finland will provide four new icebreakers to America under a $6.1 billion agreement as the U.S. seeks to strengthen Arctic defense against Russia and China.

The US and Canada want more icebreakers to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, as the polar region — and competition for it — heats up.

Norway’s Defence Minister Tore Sandvik has warned that Russia is massing nuclear weapons, submarines, and advanced tactical systems on the Kola Peninsula inside the Arctic Circle—home to one of the world’s largest nuclear stockpiles and Russia’s Northern Fleet.