If the Norwegian Ministry of Defense has its way, nuclear-powered American submarines will be allowed to dock in Tønsnes, near Tromsø. Tromsø municipality, however, disagrees. “There is clearly a failure in civilian-military cooperation here”, says Professor Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv at the University of Tromsø.

There is a pivot in the U.S. Army to train and operate more in Alaska to rebuild skills, according to Major General Peter Andrysiak, commander U.S. Army Alaska. He says the U.S. Army soon will release its own Arctic strategy.