Aslak Veierud Busch
Donald Trumpâs sabre-rattling over Greenland has alienated allies and weakened, not strengthened, the USâ position in the Arctic. If the US is serious about solidifying its Arctic position and rebuilding bridges, it should draw some lessons from the EUâs experience, argues Aslak Veierud Busch Read more
Igor Sevenard
Donald Trumpâs coercion of Denmark over Greenland is not just an Arctic dispute. Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook argue that by treating NATO allies as real estate vendors, Trump shatters the trust necessary to deter China. Breaking faith in Europe, the US loses credibility in Asia Read more
Konstantin Schendzielorz
Deterrence is back â but not as we knew it. Once a strategy of nuclear restraint, the term is now being stretched to justify aggressive military actions, at home and abroad. Konstantin Schendzielorz argues that, as meanings shift, so do red lines. The nuclear umbrella may be turning into a very real sword Read more
SĂźleyman GĂźngĂśr
At Davos 2026, world leaders no longer spoke as architects of a shared international order, but as actors positioning themselves amid its visible unravelling. Assertions of raw sovereignty stood alongside anxious appeals to law, values, and legitimacy. This, says SĂźleyman GĂźngĂśr, reveals a global system drifting decisively away from rules, and towards power Read more
Vasabjit Banerjee
On 3 January 2026, US military invaded Venezuela, capturing and removing president NicolĂĄs Maduro. But Vasabjit Banerjee and MarĂa Isabel Puerta Riera caution that beyond the ousting of Maduro, the Trump administration doesn't appear to have a plan for sustaining a democratic regime Read more
Ruairidh Brown
The US capture and extraction of Venezuelan leader NicolĂĄs Maduro on 3 January 2026 was an act without precedent. But Ruairidh Brown argues that recent events in Caracas were only the second Act in an unfolding post-exceptionalist world order Read more
Dennis Shen
Donald Trump has recently suggested negotiators have made 'tremendous progress' on a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement. A fair and durable settlement, however, remains elusive. According toâŻDennis Shen, an outcome that is overly accommodating of Russiaâs war aims would only deepen present global geopolitical tensions and compound fiscal and economic challenges Read more
Sibei Sun
The Trump administration is advancing an illiberal Atlanticism that reimagines the West in manners similar to how Putin imagines Eurasia. Sibei Sun dissects the uncanny parallels between the two geopolitical doctrines and what it all means for future transatlantic relations Read more
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