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

New figures released by Nato have shown a staggering difference in which member states are paying their agreed ... are ...

external Nato does not have its own army, but member states can take collective military action in response to crises. For instance, the body supported the UN by intervening in the war in the ...

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 United States, Britain, France and Sweden were among four individual members to deploy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft to the Baltic Sea, while a NATO unit ...