North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)
Ireland to allow French and British vessels to patrol Irish-controlled waters
The move will be outlined on Wednesday with the unveiling of the National Maritime Security Strategy
Ireland to deepen partnerships with UK and France under new maritime security plan
Minister for Defence Helen McEntee expected to unveil new plan on Wednesday
Ireland’s time in EU hot seat has potential for plenty of awkward moments
Government approach to tricky debates around defence, Big Tech and US relations will be closely watched during EU presidency
We should not allow ourselves to be bullied into a military union
Our duty to protect Irish national security does not extend to assuming responsibility for the defence of Europe
Munich was no love-in, but Rubio spared Europe a Valentine’s Day massacre
Shuttling between realpolitik slap and diplomatic tickle, US secretary of state urges end to ‘western malaise’
German chancellor urges Europe and US to ‘revive and repair’ transatlantic relationship
Postwar order ‘currently being destroyed’, says Merz as Macron says Europe will show ‘strength and tenacity’ to support Ukraine
US plans to reduce forces in Europe, says Pentagon policy chief
Elbridge Colby tells European Nato members they must step up combat capabilities
Ukraine hit by drone and missile attack as Zelenskiy says Russia used truce to stockpile weapons
Second round of US-brokered trilateral talks to take place on Wednesday
The world could be about to get even more dangerous
Expiration of US-Russia deal raises risk of new nuclear arms race in which Europe could find itself in particularly uncomfortable position
‘This is homeland defence for the alliance’: How Nato is preparing for war in the Arctic
Nordic nations hope US fixation on Greenland will spur allies to catch up with Russian military build-up
Trump is an anarchic toddler, constantly causing upheaval as the un-American president
The president has pulverised our national ideals, leaving the US seen as sinister, selfish, unruly and at everybody’s throats
Anxiety shifts to irritation in Denmark as details of US ‘deal’ on Greenland trickle out
Copenhagen insists it will not compromise on sovereign claim on island with fresh military order issued
Trust is broken. Europe-US relations have never been lower
Relations between Europe and United States badly damaged by Trump’s Greenland ambitions
Trump has pronounced last rites on US leadership of the liberal democratic order
U-turn on Greenland spared the sovereignty of the island, but there was no taking back the significance of his attack on the global economic order
Donald Trump’s claim that he won’t take Greenland by force is not reassuring
At Davos, the US president repeated his determination to possess what he keeps calling ‘that piece of ice’
Trump drops tariff threat over Greenland after ‘very productive meeting’ with Nato
US president says ‘framework of a future deal’ over the Danish territory agreed following talks with alliance’s Mark Rutte
Denmark welcomes Trump’s move to drop tariff threat over Greenland
EU leaders to meet in Brussels on Thursday to plan joint response to US president’s threats to take Arctic territory
Ukraine ‘prosperity plan’ delayed by European opposition to Trump over Greenland and Gaza
‘No signing as of now’ for $800bn deal amid deep disagreements, officials say
Coercion from aggressive superpowers must be resisted, says Canadian PM
Mark Carney says he stands firmly behind Greenland as tensions rise over Trump’s statements US must own territory
EU leaders scramble to calibrate response to Trump threats
Required majority of national governments appear not to favour unleashing the trade ‘bazooka’ – yet
Trump has ‘very good’ telephone call with Nato’s Rutte about Greenland
US president says he agreed to a meeting of various parties at the World Economic Forum in Davos
This crisis is not ultimately about Greenland. It’s about something much bigger
US president Donald Trump’s hostility towards Europe has long been manifest
European leaders hope to avoid Greenland dispute escalating into trade war
Macron likely to propose first use of bloc’s ‘bazooka’ emergency power to increase its negotiating leverage
Bleak times in Copenhagen: ‘It’s like fifth graders bullying the small guy in the corner’
Danes feel betrayed, bewildered and frightened by Trump’s threats to take over Greenland
Trump’s tariff and Greenland threats against EU put Ireland in an uncomfortable position
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin must be really enjoying watching the American and European alliance eat itself
European leaders may soon drop the don’t-upset-the-toddler approach to Trump relations
US president’s latest tariffs threat comes as part of aim to acquire Greenland
‘Yankee, go home’: Greenlanders protest US takeover plans
Demonstrators in Nuuk waved Greenlandic flags, as some people openly cried in the rain
European countries threatened by tariffs warn of ‘downward spiral’ in US relations
EU ambassadors summoned for emergency talks after Trump threatens to impose tariffs over Greenland
Ireland co-ordinating closely with EU in response to tariff announcement, says McEntee
Eurogroup meeting in Brussels next week expected to be dominated by new economic threat from US
Why the world has started stockpiling food again
Governments are hoarding rice and grain as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable. But many economists believe it could be counter-productive
‘With Irish people I feel understood, a connection’: In Greenland, talk of US takeover is deeply triggering
Resentment of Denmark runs deep, drawing on dark revelations from colonial days
Ukraine’s entry into EU a guarantee against future Russian attack, von der Leyen says
Greenland ‘can count’ on political and financial support from Europe, says commission president
Denmark to expand military presence in Greenland as White House talks end after just 50 minutes
US president Donald Trump has vowed to take control of Arctic island ‘the easy way or the hard way’
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