Episode 19: Russian subs make Keflavik again a key US lookout

Channeling Brussels

Channeling Brussels, hosted by journalist Teri Schultz, gets newsmakers, movers and shakers to lose the lingo, burst out of the Brussels bubble and have real conversations about the critical foreign and security policies shaping our world. it's the rest of the story, beyond the few seconds of soundbites that make it into the news. In this episode, Teri travels to Iceland, which during the Cold War was a key lookout post for Soviet activity, especially submarine movements. A huge US presence at Keflavik airbase was reduced to almost nothing in 2006, but after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, Washington suddenly wanted to come back. She speaks with the Icelandic commander of the base, Capt Jon Gudnason, and Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, who says his country is getting more NATO attention now than "in many years." Channeling Brussels is brought to you by the Atlantic Council. [Intro/Outro music "Happy Rock" by Bensound under a CC-BY-ND license (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-mus…rack/happy-rock/)]