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Status and Resources in Polar Politics
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- September 12, 2025
When Donald Trump suggested buying Greenland in 2019, and flirted with annexing the island in 2025, reactions in Copenhagen, Nuuk, and other Arctic capitals were incredulous. The proposal seemed crude, even absurd. Yet the very fact that Greenland could capture the attention of a U.S. president highlights a deeper puzzle: why do states still care
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The International Peace- and State-Building Intervention in Afghanistan: Distilling Lessons (to be) Learned
- Analysis
- September 2, 2025
The withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan in May 2021 effectively terminated NATO’s mission in the country, leaving it to face challenges such as governmental corruption, stagnant economic growth, underdevelopment, and human insecurity. Despite the billions of dollars invested in peacebuilding initiatives, there is minimal interest in systematically assessing peacebuilders’ involvement and extracting lessons
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How Trump Views NATO’s Core Obligations Should Deeply Concern Canada and Europe
- Analysis
- August 6, 2025
During his interview on Air Force One while traveling to the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague, President Trump was asked whether the US would honour Article 5, if Russia attacked a bordering NATO member. In a stunning response to millions of Europeans who border Russia, who thought they knew that Article 5 meant
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Drawing the Line Between Left-wing and Right-wing Populism in the Americas: The Case of Reproductive Rights Under Claudia Sheinbaum’s Presidency in Mexico
- Analysis
- June 26, 2025
“Let’s hope that in Ecuador, they’ll soon be shouting ‘Presidenta with an ‘A’! This enthusiastic endorsement, given by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to another prominent female politician, Ecuadoran presidential candidate Luisa González credited at the time with a 50\50 chance of being elected, was the focus of much media attention during the recent Ecuadoran presidential
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