Spotlight | Russia, United States
Geneva think-tank uses private diplomacy to try to reconcile Moscow and Washington over the Arctic

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

ParisThe cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leave

SwitzerlandTrack II diplomacy in Arctic hits cold front

Spotlight | Russia, United States
Moscow flexes its muscles in the Arctic, Pentagon sees a smokescreen

Moscow has been trying to demonstrate the hardening of its security posture in the Arctic, leaking its efforts to mine Arctic waters and engage in electronic warfare. But US intelligence analysts see this as a Russian attempt to mask the collapse of its operational capabilities in the region.

Spotlight | United States
US Northern Command swots up on Russia's Arctic claims

The US Department of Defense's combatant command present in the Arctic has met with researchers of the Los Alamos National Laboratory to explore national security applications for their sea ice modelling in the Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route.

Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Private diplomats position themselves for mediation roles in Russia-Ukraine war

Private mediation specialists are poised and waiting for Russia and Ukraine to give in to battle fatigue and come to the negotiating table.