Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Pavel Devyatkin
“Last week, NATO launched ‘Arctic Sentry,’ a new ‘multi-domain activity’ that, for the first time, places Allied operations in the Arctic under a single command structure. The move marks a significant scaling-up of NATO’s footprint in the Arctic. But unfortunately, as NATO’s regional military presence increases, the mechanisms for preventing that footprint from generating a crisis are not keeping pace. … Arctic Sentry arrives in a politically charged context. President Trump has ramped up tensions in the alliance by threatening to annex Greenland. The mission follows Trump’s meeting with Rutte in Davos, where they agreed NATO should do more for Arctic defense and ‘prevent the Russians and the Chinese getting more access to the Arctic region.’ Even after Europe dispatched a small, symbolic force to Greenland last month, the White House made clear that European troops there would not change Trump’s mind about annexation.” (02/19/26)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/nato-arctic-military-exercises/