Iceland doesn’t have a standing army and their skirmishes are usually focused on fishery barriers. And good for them. War, what is it good for, am I right? But despite the apparent absence of a ...

Iceland still allows some species to be hunted despite an international ban. In Iceland, a worldwide hotspot for whale watching, gentle giants seem to rule the sea. But all the while some species of ...

This wasn't a war with battles and soldiers like in the movies; it was about fish! The heart of the matter was simple: both Britain and Iceland wanted to catch cod, a type of fish very popular for its ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: A Soviet occupation force on Iceland would probably face a NATO counter-attack. Tom Clancy’s 1986 novel Red Storm Rising depicts a conventional war between NATO and the ...

Heres What You Need to Know: Iceland was an overlooked but highly strategic location during the Cold War. Tom Clancy’s 1986 novel Red Storm Rising depicts a conventional war between NATO and the ...

The water separating Iceland from the rest of Europe has been choppy these past few years. After Iceland’s banks collapsed in 2008, the British government used anti-terrorism laws to force Reykjavik ...