Northern Fleet

August 4, 2026 | Emmerson Overell, Katy Wickberg

Russia Is Expanding Its Arctic Submarine Fleet, Highlighting NATO’s Need for Enhanced Maritime Surveillance in the High North

Arctic waters have always been frigid, but Russia’s expansion of its Northern Fleet is making the security environment more chilling. On July 28, Moscow launched the Ulyanovsk, its newest Yasen-M-class...

July 31, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

Securing the Arctic

The U.S. And Its NATO Allies Should Work Together – Not Against Each Other – To Secure the Arctic

July 6, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

7 Fault Lines NATO Must Address in Ankara

As NATO leaders gather on July 7 to 8 in Ankara, the summit’s true test lies in unresolved faultlines over U.S. force posture cuts in Europe, host nation Turkey’s disruptive role within the alliance,...

March 23, 2026 | Emmerson Overell |

U.S. Intelligence Community Omits Key Russian Threat in Annual Assessment

Moscow’s favorite color in the Arctic is gray. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Annual Threat Assessment correctly identifies Russia as the dominant Arctic threat and...

February 2, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...