The new 220-meter dock built in Turkey is still stranded at port in Istanbul after the United Kingdom in May sanctioned the ...

President Donald Trump has approved a massive $8.6 billion budget to expand the U.S. Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet, aiming ...

President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...

R ussia’s new combat icebreaker, Ivan Papanin, begins trials to bolster Arctic presence. Armed and ice-capable, it signals a growing military focus in the region. A s Russia has focused more on ...

The President has repeatedly called for the United States to beef up its icebreaker fleet to enhance national security in the ...

"Its first armed combat icebreaker, the Ivan Papanin, is in sea trials and scheduled to join Russia's Northern Fleet by the end of 2024," she wrote on the Wilson Center website in July.

Not only are the U.S.’s nuclear missile defenses based in the Arctic, but there’s also fear Russia could seize control of Arctic resources, like rare Earth metals and oil, before the U.S. does.