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A major error in the months following combat operations In Iraq was a breakdown of law and order. Lawlessness was pervasive, looting was endemic and public order nearly evaporated, only for militias step in until coalition troops were given the mission to restore peace. But by then, it may have been too late, as the […]

President Donald Trump is considering “a range of options” to acquire Greenland including the use of military force, the White House said Tuesday, raising the stakes just hours after several top European leaders declared that such a move would violate NATO’s core charter. Trump “has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority […]

Crosbie, from the Royal Danish Defense College, said Trump’s strategists are likely presenting him with various options. “The most worrisome would be a fait accompli-type strategy, which we see a lot and think about a lot in military circles, which would be simply grabbing the land the same way Putin tried to grab, to make […]

“The coalition of the willing declaration for a solid and lasting peace … for the first time recognizes an operational convergence between the 35 countries, Ukraine and the U.S. to build robust security guarantees,” Macron told reporters. Washington will participate in those guarantees, including with the “backstop” that Europeans wanted, he added.  British Prime Minister […]

But Kyiv also takes great pleasure in seeing Maduro, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, being taken for trial to the U.S. — proof of the futility of previous Russian arms sales and security guarantees from the Kremlin. “The Maduro dictatorship helped Putin. Now, Putin lost his ally — this is a plus […]

PARIS — Europe and the U.S. stand ready to commit to “legally binding” security guarantees to support Ukraine in the event of a peace settlement with Russia, according to a draft statement seen by POLITICO. The plan, which needs to be approved by Washington and leaders who gathered in Paris on Tuesday, sets out security […]

The pair are expected to discuss Ukraine alongside other topics at their latest meeting, according to three British officials and one U.S. official familiar with their plans, not authorized to speak on the record. Lammy, Britain’s former foreign secretary, has developed a friendship with the American vice-president. It saw Vance and his family stay with […]

“We have worked together with the Americans on counter-narcotics for many years, but in a different way,” Brekelmans said. “When we see drug smuggling, we try to arrest and prosecute those responsible. Not by shooting ships.” The move was first reported by the Dutch daily Trouw. The decision marks a break with past practice. For […]

The statement was signed by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof tweeted afterward that the Netherlands “fully supports” the statement. The show […]

“Where the legal certainty is not yet clear, morally, I do think it was the right thing to do,” she said. Badenoch was born in the U.K. in 1980, but grew up in Nigeria. She returned to the U.K. aged 16 in 1996. “I am different from other party leaders and other people in the […]