Cold front: Inside NATO’s race to secure the Arctic

No matter where you go and who you talk with in defence circles these days, there’s one word — one region — on the lips of most people. The Arctic. And it’s spoken with a unique, newfound sense of urgency. Defending the region has become the new rallying cry for Canada and NATO writ large. Without question a lot of it is being driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland from Denmark by force and his opaque security concerns that may be code for coveting critical minerals. To say that the Arctic — particularly Canada’s North —…