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Why is Trump opposing UK’s Diego Garcia deal with Mauritius?
The deal runs counter to Trump’s contention that only outright ownership ensures security, an argument he has made to seek full sovereignty over Greenland in preference to a treaty with Denmark on its use by the US without sovereign rights
Trump announces Greenland ‘Framework,’ backing off force and tariffs
By EurActiv January 22 — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had reached a framework of a deal that satisfies him on Greenland, as he backed down both on threats to seize the island by force from Denmark and on imposing tariffs against European...
Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
Why Trump has set his sights on Greenland
Trump needs Greenland to stem Russo-Chinese ambitions in the Artic
Greenland, Trump and the fault lines of power
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, January 15 – Recent public remarks by US President Donald Trump once again brought Greenland into global headlines as a territory of strategic interest to the United States. Although widely treated as rhetorical provocation, these comments echoed Trump’s explicit...
Security considerations in Trump’s demand for Greenland
By P. K. Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, January 13 – US President Donald Trump has said that the US will take over Greenland whether the Greenlanders and the Danes, who have sovereignty over the island, like it or not. Trump’s case is that American control over...
Qatar’s growing role as global mediator ‘deeply necessary’, says Ex-Finnish President Ms.Tarja Halonen
By Fazeena Saleem/The Peninsula Doha, Qatar, December 24 – Former President of Finland and member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, H E Tarja Halonen, has praised Qatar’s growing role as a global mediator, describing its efforts as both “difficult” and deeply...
To face threats from Europe, strong ties with India will help Putin
The defence and economic cooperation set to emerge from Russian President Putin’s current visit to India is expected to strengthen Russia-India relations and thereby strengthen Putin’s resolve to meet the mounting threat from UK, Germany and France.
Europe’s animosity brings Putin closer to India
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, December 5 (The Citizen) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India to attend the 23 rd. Indo-Russian summit on December 6 is expected to result in agreements for wide-ranging military and civilian technology sharing in all domains including land, air, sea,...
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