Let’s Not Do This Again DIVERGENT DEFENSE SPENDING BILLS CREATE CAPITOL CONFUSION BY SONIA TOLOCZO This year’s defense funding process and reconciliation’s role in it are only just starting to come into full view. With the full Pentagon budget, the One Big Beautiful...
“Russia uses hybrid threats on Svalbard” Moscow has conducted numerous hybrid operations and provocations on Svalbard, says Stian Bones. The history professor at the UiT Arctic University of Norway talks with the Barents Observer about his new publication...
Fishing port in decline Photo: Murmansk Fish Port Less catch, higher prices: what is happening at the Murmansk Fish Port The cargo turnover of the Murmansk sea fish port has almost halved since the beginning of 2025 and continues to decline — in December, the port...
The Alaska Veterans Museum will be closed from 24 December 2025 through 3 January 2026 and reopen on 7 January 2026 For a specific date and tour, potential arrangements during this time can be made with Dennis Dupras, akacadian@gmail.com
EDITOR’S NOTE How to Get Where the Navy Needs to Go BY BRETT DAVIS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The point has been made time and again: The United States doesn’t have all the ships it needs to accomplish its goals and project the strength it needs to project. But what to do? One...
The Alaska Veterans Museum will be closed from 24 December 2025 through 3 January 2026 and reopen on 7 January 2026 For a specific date and tour, potential arrangements during this time can be made with Dennis Dupras, akacadian@gmail.com