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The relationship between NATO and the U.S., including the U.S. military presence in Europe
Donald Trump did make a public remark that referenced Ancient Rome during a 2019 joint press appearance with Italian leaders, saying the United States and Italy share a “shared cultural and political ...
The line “we will remember” in ’s Davos speech was delivered as a pointed afterword to a demand about and a broader set of grievances aimed at , and , framed as a choice: agree with the or face conseq...
repeatedly and publicly argued that the should “own” or otherwise for reasons, and senior administration figures echoed or operationalized that rhetoric through meetings, tariff threats, and diplomati...
and members have managed through a combination of of high‑value capabilities, alliance standardisation and bilateral or regional industrial cooperation, while continuing to accept national procurement...
Donald Trump has repeatedly pursued acquiring Greenland, first publicly in 2019 and again after his 2024 reelection, framing it as a strategic and resource-driven objective that he described in 2019 a...
The message President Trump sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre bluntly linked his campaign to seize “complete and total control” of Greenland to his belief that Norway’s failure to awar...
Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the United States has visibly expanded its military footprint in Europe through surges of personnel, the activation or upgrade of key hubs, and increa...