NATO’s ‘Arctic Sentry’

And more of today's best articles from The Week

January 23, 2025

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ comes into confounding focus

What began as a plan to redevelop the Gaza Strip is quickly emerging as a new lever of global power for a president intent on upending the standing world order

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today's big question

What is ‘Arctic Sentry’ and will it deter Russia and China?

NATO considers joint operation and intelligence sharing in Arctic region, in face of Trump’s threats to seize Greenland for ‘protection’

Picture of the day

Lake angel

A tourist enjoys the winter scenery on a frozen lake at the foot of Qiongmu Gangga Mountain in Lhasa, China. The pristine natural spectacle appears each winter, with blue ice several meters thick and views of the 7,000-meter snow-capped peak.
Li Lin / China News Service / VCG / Getty Images

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THE EXPLAINER

The world is entering an ‘era of water bankruptcy’

Water might soon be more valuable than gold

UNDER THE RADAR

How space travel changes your brain

Space shifts the position of the brain in the skull, causing orientation problems that could complicate plans to live on the Moon or Mars

quote of the day

‘If we don’t hold people to account when they commit crimes, it sends a message that those crimes are OK, that our society accepts that.’

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith, in a hearing before the House Ju