Territorial Disputes

• How Europe Is Moving to Reduce Dependence on Trump - Since President Trump made threats about Greenland, the continent’s leaders have debated the rapid deterioration of U.S. ties in policy papers and at dinner.
• Xi’s Military Purge May Set Back His Taiwan Ambitions - By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control but also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.
• NATO Chief Says Europe Is ‘Dreaming’ if It Thinks It Can Defend Itself Without U.S. - Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, told members of the European Parliament that President Trump was “doing a lot of good stuff.”
• Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Stuck in the 16th Century - The president’s approach is not just chaos or an updated version of 19th-century great-power competition.
• Why the Carney Fire Is Still Burning - The prime minister sees Trump all too well.
• We Don’t Need Greenland. We Need Allies. - It is time for Americans to step up and defend NATO and our country’s vital interests in its survival.
• Trump’s Turnabout on Greenland Shows the Limits of His Coercive Powers - President Trump’s faith in his ability to wring concessions by taking maximalist positions was on full display this week. So were the costs, as he splintered NATO and then undercut his credibility by climbing down from his threats.
• Trump’s Push to Take Greenland Holds Promise and Peril for Putin - If the United States under President Trump starts acting as if it’s Russia, where does that leave President Vladimir V. Putin?
• Nazis, Soviets and Trump: America’s Fixation With Greenland - The idea that Greenland is essential to the United States has returned with a vengeance in the Trump era.
• Denmark Bristles at Idea of Giving Up Any Sovereignty in Greenland - American and NATO officials have discussed giving the United States sovereignty over U.S. military bases in Greenland. The Danes don’t seem to like that.