The North Pole cold war: US and NATO bolstering national security in Arctic region

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The Arctic was once defined by its lack of potential conflict — encapsulated in the saying “high north, low tension.”

Countries that struggled to cooperate closer to the equator have, for decades, found diplomacy more relaxed among the icebergs, where military considerations took a back seat to environmental research and shipping policy.

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