Note: Kudos to Trump for his farsighted peaceful proposal to lift anti-Russian sanctions in exchange for nuclear arms reductions. Another common ground for cooperation could be the Arctic region.
Trump offers to Russia an end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut: 'I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially' - Reuters
Trump: 'NATO is very important to me' but it is obsolete because designed many years ago, countries aren’t paying and it didn’t deal with terrorism - Washington Examiner
Donald Trump avoids saying who he trusts more — Vladimir Putin or Angela Merkel, 'I start off trusting both — but let’s see how long that lasts' - Independent
Kremlin says judgement on Trump’s remarks about sanctions only possible after inauguration - TASS
Senator: Russia won’t trade security for lifting of sanctions, 'one of the main obstacles is the implementation of the US global missile defense plans' - RT
Kremlin agrees with Trump that NATO is 'vestige of past', according to the spokesman 'confrontation is the systemic goal of NATO' - TASS
Hollande on Trump's NATO remarks: Europe needs no policy advice from abroad - Sputnik
Merkel to Trump: Europe's destiny is ‘in our own hands' - VOA
German official says McCain told him he did not expect Trump to reverse the deployment of 4,000 U.S. troops to Poland. - AOL News
Don't add Montenegro to ‘obsolete' NATO: Senate shouldn't sacrifice U.S. security for Balkan mouse - Forbes
Army minister accuses Corbyn of siding with Russia against Nato after the Labour leader said 'I want to see a de-escalation, ultimately a de-militarisation...between both sides' - The Guardian
Inside Ike Eisenhower’s farewell warning: The military industrial complex - The Daily Beast
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Hundreds of U.S. Marines land in Norway, irking Russia - Reuters
US Marine force in Norway to eye Arctic and beyond - Stripes
Russian media: US Marines land in Norway, signaling departure from post-WW2 commitment to Russia - RT News
With about a third of its territory located north of the Arctic Circle, Russia is interested in developing projects in the region - Sputnik
Russia, Norway to sign final pact on disputed Arctic shelf exploration in April - Sputnik
Foreign Ministry in Oslo confirms possible political participation at Putin’s Arctic conference in Arkhangelsk in March - The Independent Barents Observer
Russia expands its presence in the Arctic, in the past two years it has opened six military bases - Russia Beyond The Headlines
Russia's nuclear-powered ice-breaker in the race to control the Arctic - Daily Mail Online
Russia deploys Arctic radar array on Wrangel Island - RT News
Russian Arctic ports have best year ever - The Independent Barents Observer
Siberian scientists to study Arctic 'anchor points' for development of Northern Sea Route - TASS
REPORT: Russia’s Arctic Obsession - Financial Times
US Navy Arctic drones: Ice melting too fast as competition with Russia intensifies - Scout
Experts from Russia and North America identify possible trends for the future of Arctic affairs and bilateral U.S.-Russian relations in the region - Russia Direct
International cooperation robust in the Arctic - Global Trade Magazine
Strategic thinking in the Russian Arctic: When threats become opportunities (1) - Red (Team) Analysis
Strategic Thinking in the Russian Arctic: When threats become opportunities (2) - Red (Team) Analysis
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