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How a 'Piece of Ice' Froze the Atlantic Alliance When Air Force One touched down in Zurich, Ursula von der Leyen was already gone, on her way to Brussels. Between the President of the United States and the President of the European Commission, there was no confrontation, no clash, no exchange of words. Just a missed connection in the Swiss skies that sanctions, perhaps definitively, the new transatlantic hierarchy: Europe is not an interlocutor. At best, it is a problem to be managed.
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Sweden to Lower Age of Criminal Responsibility for Serious Crimes
One compelling example of the failure of the inherently flawed multiculturalism policy in Sweden is the rise in crimes against the individual, including homicide, the growth of organized gangs, and juvenile delinquency.
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Rosatom Head Comments on Greenland Debate
Renewed discussion around Greenland highlights broader questions about the future of Arctic shipping, as Russia and the United States weigh economic opportunities in a region undergoing rapid change...
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Will a Nordic Nuclear Bomb Be Created?
For 68 years, Denmark rejected the very idea of deploying nuclear weapons on its national territory in Europe, much less developing such weapons independently or in cooperation with other countries, primarily the Nordic countries.
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How a 'Piece of Ice' Froze the Atlantic Alliance
When Air Force One touched down in Zurich, Ursula von der Leyen was already gone, on her way to Brussels. Between the President of the United States and the President of the European Commission, there was no confrontation, no clash, no exchange of words. Just a missed connection in the Swiss skies that sanctions, perhaps definitively, the new transatlantic hierarchy: Europe is not an interlocutor. At best, it is a problem to be managed.
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Norwegian Defense Chief: Trump's Statements Undermine NATO
Norwegian Defense Chief Eirik Kristoffersen cooperates just as well with American colleagues as before, and says that nothing has changed in military cooperation with the United States. He tries to remain calm about NATO's future.
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What Is Europe Ready to Do in Greenland?
The hastily launched deployment of small military groups from several European countries to Greenland a week ago could, in all likelihood, turn into military exercises lasting up to a year or two—that is, until the US abandons annexation of the vast ice island or implements this plan by any available means.
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From Venezuela to Greenland
Few people paid due attention when, in 2019, Donald Trump first stated that Greenland should be part of the States. True, when surfaced, the proposal arouse some criticism, with the Greenlandic Prime Minister stating that 'Greenland is not for sale' while still expressing openness towards US investments; but, even in Denmark and in Greenland, way more people treated the proposal as a blunder if not a joke.
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Canadian Army Studies US Invasion Scenario
The Canadian Army has modeled a scenario of a US military invasion of the country and Ottawa's possible responses, according to the Globe and Mail, as Donald Trump made another allusion to the possible conquest of Canada.
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