Sparks near a powder keg
The contemporary world does not feel stable. It feels tense, brittle, combustible. Across continents, great powers posture, threaten, and test boundaries.
The contemporary world does not feel stable. It feels tense, brittle, combustible. Across continents, great powers posture, threaten, and test boundaries.
Donald Trump says the Ukraine war remains unresolved despite leaders seeking a deal, while outlining US positions on Iran, Greenland and broader global security challenges.
Accusing European leaders of being in "Greenland mode", Zelenskyy said that they were waiting for US President Donald Trump to act instead of taking decisive actions on their own.
Trump said that Greenland's strategic national and international security matters the most and only the United States can protect the Arctic Island.
Sharpening his rhetoric on Greenland, US President Donald Trump raised questions about NATO's reliability, signalling that security commitments to Europe could increasingly be tied to economic and strategic leverage.
The US President further stated that all he cared about was saving lives. "And I saved... tens of millions of lives," he claimed.
Norway’s prime minister says he received a message from Donald Trump linking a Nobel Peace Prize snub to tariffs and US claims over Greenland.
The US plans to deploy a NORAD aircraft to Greenland’s Pituffik Space Base as tensions rise over President Donald Trump’s renewed push to acquire the territory.
He also questioned the Denmark's "right to ownership" of Greenland, saying, "There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also."
The Danish Prime Minister, however, stated that Denmark wants to cooperate and is not seeking a conflict.
