On thin ice – Canada isn’t ready for Arctic grey-zone threats: Sweekriti Pathak for Inside Policy – MLI
February 20, 2026
The central risk for Canada in the Arctic is not that it will suddenly lose territory. It is that it will slowly lose strategic ground through inaction.
The Arctic is no longer insulated from global tensions. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Arctic Council – long a symbol of co-operation and peaceful coexistence – has weakened, raising real questions about whether that era of stability can continue.
Strains within NATO, along with recent American threats to buy and/or annex Greenland, further underscore an uncomfortable truth: we can no longer assume alliance unity will always hold.
