The last remaining nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia that put a cap on how many nuclear weapons each country could have in its arsenal expired last week, raising new concerns of an arms race.
Tag: geopolitics
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RETIRED FRENCH GENERAL: UKRAINE MUST BE DEMILITARIZED IF THERE’S GOING TO BE PEACE
A retired French colonel said in an interview last week that for there to be peace in Eastern Europe, it is essential that Ukraine becomes a demilitarized zone, and ruled out western troop deployment inside the country if a peace deal is ever signed.
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WARMONGER MERZ: IRAN ‘REGIME’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED’
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said last week that Iran’s government “days are numbered,” because a “regime” cannot survive when the only way it maintains power over its people is through “sheer violence and terror.”
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EU SUPPORTS IDF GENOCIDE BUT CALLS IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD A TERROR GROUP
The European Union (EU) announced last week that it now considers Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terror organization in response to the country’s crackdown on protesters, with Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s top diplomat, stating, “Repression cannot go unanswered.”
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IRAN REFUSES TO TALK TO TRUMP WITH A GUN TO THE HEAD
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s top diplomat, said last week that Tehran will not negotiate with the U.S. while the Trump administration tries to threaten it into submission, stating that he has not interacted with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, nor has Iran “requested talks.”
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IRAN’S PRESIDENT PREPARES COUNTRY FOR ALL-OUT WAR WITH THE U.S.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, has taken steps to prepare his country for another war with the U.S., and President Donald Trump says Tehran must agree to his terms, or face the might of American forces steaming into the region.
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EUROPEAN POPULISTS THAT ONCE SUPPORTED TRUMP REJECT HIS THREAT TO SEIZE GREENLAND
Populist movements across Europe that were big Donald Trump fans, such as their support for his anti-immigration crusade, now roundly rejected his threat to seize Greenland.
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GREENLAND IDENTIFIES TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY AS ITS RED LINE
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the prime minister of Greenland, told reporters last week that he wanted to have constructive talks with the Trump administration, but identified “territorial integrity” as a “red line” in these discussions.
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MORE STOCK GAINS FOR EUROPEAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY STOCKS AMID GREENLAND TENSIONS
Defense stocks in Europe are continuing to see their prices surge amid all the global instability, with its main index, the STOXX Europe TM Aerospace and Defense index, increasing by 14 percent to begin the year, according to a report.
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POLAND LOOKS TO REVIVE ITS NAVY AMID WHAT IT SEES AS A THREAT FROM MOSCOW
Poland announced last week that it will attempt to revamp its navy to be better able to defend itself and its interests in the Baltic Sea amid claims from European countries that Russia has exploited the waters during the Ukraine War.