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Katie Balevic 10 May 2021, 4:47 PRESIDENT Joe Biden is facing an uphill battle in the scramble for power in the Arctic. As Russia and China assert more power in the Arctic, the U.S. faces a shortage of heavy icebreakers, the massive ships needed to cut through ice. 5 5 America only has one heavy icebreaker, called the Polar StarCredit: US Coast Guard by Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen Despite its chilly disposition, the Arctic is rich with mineral deposits and is likely to become a major shipping route as the ice melts. However, the U.S. Coast Guard only has one heavy icebreaker, the massive...

One of the least talked-about challenges for the new administration is one that's been brewing for years, long before Donald Trump's presidency: growing challenges to the United States' ability to assert its will in the Arctic. 

Politics By Sara Marcus NEW YORK - Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 12:09 pm | כ"ז אייר תשפ"א Tugboats help the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy icebreaker into port, Nov. 30, 2018, following a four-month deployment to the Arctic Ocean. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) The Biden administration is facing a power struggle with China and Russia in a new realm: the Arctic. The region has long been overlooked as the world powers focus on tension points such as Ukraine or North Korea, but the Arctic has become an area of increasing strategic importance. Full of natural resources and gas reserves, the...

A virtual media brief is to take place Wednesday to accompany this year's high-level cyber security Exercise Locked Shields, organizers, the Tallinn-based NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE), have announced. Under a new format for 2021, this year's event will be the largest global live-fire cyber defense exercise worldwide, the CCDCOE says, and will aim to highlight the need for cyber defenders and strategic decision-makers to understand the numerous interdependencies between national IT systems of various countries. The virtual briefing will take place Wednesday afte...

USNI News Schultz: Nuclear Icebreakers Are Not An Option for Coast Guard January 13, 2021 7:17 PM A starboard view of the anchored US Coast Guard icebreaker POLAR STAR (WAGB 10). Coast Guard Photo The Coast Guard will not pursue nuclear-powered icebreakers, despite previous White House requests that the service assess the possibility, its top officer said Wednesday. Speaking at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium, Coast Guard commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said the service and the Navy discuss what kind of icebreaking capability the sea services require, but that a nuclear-powered...