Diplomacy & International Relations

European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island (Paul Kirby – BBC)

A small French military contingent has arrived in Greenland's capital Nuuk, officials say, as several European states deploy small numbers in a so-called reconnaissance...

Venezuela shows Russia has lost the initiative in Trump’s global order (Natalie Sabanadze – Chatham House)

Russia will seek to exploit the US capture of Nicolás Maduro to its advantage. The operation, carried out in clear violation of international law...

Transforming Belarus from a Russian asset to a buffer state for European security (Ryhor Astapenia – Chatham House)

Western discussions of Belarus’s role in regional security have largely considered Minsk as part of broader approaches towards Moscow, rather than as a policy...

‘Vance hates us’: Europe’s Greenland fears grow as US vice president dives into talks (Tim Ross and Zoya Sheftalovich – Politico)

Faced with a barrage of American threats to grab Greenland, Denmark’s foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart flew to Washington for — they hoped...

Hungary: 5 key questions about the EU’s most important election of 2026 (Ketrin Jochecová and Max Griera – Politico)

Get set for this year’s most consequential election in the EU. Hungary’s campaign stepped up a gear this week, with populist nationalist Prime Minister...

Serbia let Putin’s spies zap dogs with ‘sound cannons’ (Una Hajdari – Politico)

Serbian intelligence officers tested sound cannons on dogs in collaboration with Russia’s notorious security service, according to government documents seen by POLITICO. The Serbian...

Rift at top of the Taliban: BBC reveals clash of wills behind internet shutdown (BBC)

It was a piece of audio obtained by the BBC that revealed what worries the Taliban's leader most. Not an external danger, but one...

Denmark warns of ‘fundamental disagreement’ after White House talks on Greenland (BBC)

Denmark's foreign minister has said there is a "fundamental disagreement" with the US over Greenland after talks at the White House. Lars Lokke Rasmussen...

Priorities for U.S. Participation in International AI Capacity-Building (Chinasa T. Okolo – Lawfare)

While the United States debates engagement in international fora and focuses inward, China is quietly building the infrastructure of global artificial intelligence (AI) influence....

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