NATO and U.S. Baltic Sea Exercises Highlight Ongoing Tensions with Russian Forces
ABOARD AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP USS ARLINGTON — BALTOPS 2017, now in its 45th year as an annual naval exercise, took place during…
China and Russia’s Joint Sea 2017 Baltic Naval Exercise Highlight a New Normal in Europe
China and Russia planned exercise in the Baltic Sea is raising eyebrows in northern Europe, NATO headquarters and Washington.…
Global Commitments, Trump Statements Lead to Increase in Canadian Defense Budget
Canada’s announcement to boost its defense budget by 70 percent over ten years comes after more than a decade of…
Sinking of Surveillance Ship Highlights Increase in Russian Navy Operations
This post has been updated to clarify the deployment of Russian Navy Kilo-class attack submarineRostov-na-Donu. The sinking of the Russian…
Analysis: Larger NATO Baltic Sea Exercise Sends Important Message to Russia
Summer is exercise season in the Baltic Sea region, and one of the largest ones is BALTOPS 16, which runs…
Analysis: Baltic Sea Heating Up as Friction Point Between U.S., NATO and Russia
This piece is based on the recently released Atlantic Council Issue Brief “A Maritime Framework for the Baltic Sea Region”…
Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook Highlights International Tension in the Baltics
The fly-by of the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) in the Baltic Sea by Russian Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers on two separate…
Opinion: Sub Discovery Media Storm Highlights Tensions Between Russia and the West
When the news broke on Monday that the Swedish marine salvage company Ocean X had discovered a sunken submarine close…
Why the Chinese Navy is in the Mediterranean
On Thursday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) frigates Linyi and Weifang left the Black Sea along with a…
Lessons from Sweden’s Sub Hunt
The Swedish navy was pushed into its largest anti-submarine effort since the close of the Cold war last week.…