Tag: Greenland

[T]he crisis of soft power risks accelerating the decline of [U.S.] power in the world, activating and speeding up centrifugal dynamics that might otherwise have taken years to fully manifest.

The danger is not merely hypocrisy, but normalization, a world in which coercion replaces cooperation and sovereignty becomes conditional.

A 'global hooligan,' the German newspaper Die Zeit recently described him.

[I]f China can lead by example in helping to maintain or even reshape the international order, it will succeed in filling the void left by the United States.

Trump's actions revealed willingness to privilege raw national interests over collective stability and legal norms.

Trump behaves like a child who goes trick-or-treating at Halloween. People, including the Norwegian prime minister, don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

[T]here is a limit to how much the U.S. president can do as he pleases.

If the United States continues to indulge in ... power and military might ... and ignores the rule of law and the alliance system that have made [it] great, then that power and might will eventually slip through its fingers.

[I]n the United States, the notion of seeking to acquire Greenland has been a longstanding tradition among those in positions of influence.

Whereas Vladimir Putin is financed and propelled by his oil and gas cronies, Trump has tech bros.

Trump's unpredictable nature calls for caution.

[T]he time for flattery should be over.