#arctic-geopolitics

#arctic-geopolitics

The Arctic is strategically vital - packed with shipping lanes and untapped resources. Britain is sending a clear warning to Moscow and rivals: stay out or face serious consequences. The warships will exercise with NATO partners, boosting readiness and deterrence against any threats. Analysts say this raises the stakes in Arctic geopolitics and proves Britain can project power far from home waters.

"My friend, we are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." This message from French President Emmanuel Macron to US President Donald Trump were intended to remain confidential, but Donald Trump published the short message on his Truth Social network on Tuesday night. "He will soon be leaving office," the US president went on to joke about Macron in front of reporters.

He said Trump's actions upended the Western concept of the "rule-based global order" that Russia has long criticized, even after Moscow sent troops into neighboring Ukraine nearly four years ago. "Now it's not the Collective West writing the rules but just one its representative," Lavrov said sardonically. "It's a major upheaval for Europe, and we are watching it. The Euro-Atlantic concept of ensuring security and cooperation has discredited itself."

We emphasise once again our desire for the US contempt for our country to end, the leaders of all five political parties elected to Greenland's parliament said in a joint statement late on Friday. We do not want to be Americans, we do not want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders, they said in the statement, posted on social media by Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

The White House said in a statement in response to queries from Reuters that Trump sees acquiring Greenland as a US national security priority necessary to "deter our adversaries in the Arctic region." "The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief's disposal," the White House said.

Denmark has summoned the United States charge d'affaires for talks over Danish intelligence reports that US citizens have been conducting covert influence operations in Greenland, Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The diplomat was summoned on Wednesday after Denmark's main national broadcaster reported that the government believed that at least three people with connections to Donald Trump's administration have been carrying out covert influence operations aimed at promoting Greenland's secession from Denmark to the United States.