The European Commission has unveiled a new Arctic strategy that lists security and resilience as its top priority, shifting focus from long-term climate concerns. The strategy calls for a new maritime security hub, expanded European icebreaker capacity, and support for a pan-Arctic fiber-optic telecommunications cable project linking Greenland directly to Europe. It will also provide secure satellite connectivity via the IRIS² constellation. This shift comes amid growing pressure from Russia's military expansion in the high north and US President Donald Trump's past demands to take control of Greenland.