“China’s Emergence has Direct Consequences for Norwegian Defense and Security Policy” The American restructuring of its US Marine Corps in Norway should be seen in relation to developments in the relationship between the USA and China, and the fact that the USA wants to make itself relevant in a potential conflict, says Professor Øystein Tunsjø at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies (IFS).
New Strategy to Invigorate the Arctic Council For the first time since the establishing of the Arctic Council in 1996, work is going on to develop a unique strategy for this international high-level forum. The strategy intends to increase the Council’s planning and implementation capacity, and the plan is for it to be finalized by the time the Arctic foreign ministers meet in May.
