Tag: Donald Trump
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The April Gambit: Why Trump’s Beijing Visit Could Decide Whether AI Becomes a Weapon or a Tool
Trump’s planned April 2026 visit to Beijing is not just another high‑stakes summit between the world’s two most powerful leaders. It is emerging as a turning point that will help determine whether artificial intelligence (AI) becomes primarily a weapon of strategic competition or a tool embedded in shared safety norms and crisis protocols. For all…
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Greenland’s Leaders to Trump: Greenland’s Future Is Not for Sale
Greenland’s leaders to Trump: The island’s future is not for sale Greenland’s political class has delivered one of the clearest rebukes yet to U.S. power in the Arctic. In a rare show of unity, the leaders of all of Greenland’s main parties have firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s renewed push for the United States to…
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As Iran Erupts, the Trump Administration Quietly Weighs Military Options
The Trump administration has quietly opened preliminary discussions on potential military strikes against Iran, even as the country is convulsed by the most sustained anti-regime protests in decades. The deliberations underscore how domestic unrest in Iran is intersecting with a more confrontational U.S. posture, raising profound questions about the future of the Islamic Republic and…
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At -12 Net Approval, Trump’s Second Term Begins With No Honeymoon and a Divided Response to the Venezuela Raid
Trump enters his second term with historically weak public support and a sharply divided reaction to his boldest foreign‑policy move so far: the U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. With a net approval of -12 points and almost identical splits on the raid itself, his “honeymoon period” is closer to a political grind…
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Europe’s Peacekeeping Gamble: How France’s 6,000 Troops Could Anchor Ukraine’s Post‑War Security
France’s decision to prepare the deployment of 6,000 troops to Ukraine after a peace agreement marks one of the boldest European security moves of the post–Cold War era, signalling a deliberate attempt to anchor Ukraine’s future with primarily European – not American – ground forces. The initiative, built around a broader Coalition of the Willing…
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Israel’s “Coming of Age”: Netanyahu’s Plan to End US Military Aid and Redefine Strategic Independence
Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that he wants to end US military aid to Israel within a decade marks one of the most consequential strategic pivots in the history of the US‑Israel relationship. Framed by Netanyahu as proof that Israel has “come of age,” the move aims to recast Israel from a heavily subsidized ally into a…
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From Ally to Adversary: How Trump’s Greenland Ultimatum Could Shatter NATO
President Trump’s escalating insistence that the United States must “own” Greenland has pushed NATO into one of the gravest crises in its history, raising the extraordinary prospect that Washington could effectively force allies to choose between preserving the transatlantic alliance and acquiescing to an American bid for territory that belongs to another member state. What…