Klaus Dodds

Trump is playing geopolitical Monopoly with Greenland

13 January 2026 8:37 am

Donald Trump is playing hemispheric monopoly. Depending on what day of the week it is, the President’s focus alternates between…

Trump is playing geopolitical Monopoly with Greenland

11 January 2026 6:00 pm

Donald Trump is playing hemispheric monopoly. Depending on what day of the week it is, the President’s focus alternates between…

The battle for Antarctic krill is about to get uglier

27 December 2025 5:00 pm

Krill – the small, shrimp-like crustacean – is a keystone species. It underpins the marine ecosystem of the Southern Ocean,…

Britain urgently needs an Antarctica strategy

1 June 2025 4:30 pm

Now that a deal has been struck with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, the government’s focus should be on the…

Why President Trump wants to build US icebreakers

12 February 2025 12:58 am

There is an “icebreaker gap” between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have…

The hitch in Trump’s plan for Arctic dominance

11 February 2025 12:30 am

There is an ‘icebreaker gap’ between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have recognised…

The race for Arctic dominance has entered space

26 August 2024 4:00 pm

In the years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the west has been forced to tackle the question of national defence…

Are we heading for a new Cold War in Antarctica?

18 May 2024 4:00 pm

Russia’s reported discovery of 510 billion barrels of oil in Antarctica has led to warnings of a new ‘Cold War’…