More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military ...

Sweden officially joined NATO on Thursday, becoming its 32nd member. Why it matters: The nordic nation's accession to the alliance marks another major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Any attack on Nato will be met with a united and forceful response.’ The majority of countries meeting the 2% target are ...

The alliance has stepped up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities around the Baltic Sea amid concerns of Russian gray zone warfare.

The blue on the map shows NATO's core, which is structured around the organization's 28 member states. This number will soon expand to 29, as Montenegro is undergoing accessions talks.

The fact that Russia and the NATO states possess all but around 550 of the world's estimated 17,100 nuclear weapons only raises the stakes. This map depicts the larger confrontation between Russia ...