NATO must recognize that Russia will not allow the alliance to approach its borders and agree on how Ukraine can once again become a buffer state, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday. “I see no other solution than to recognize that NATO and the European Union cannot directly deploy troops to Russia’s borders,...
Belgian Land Forces Commander Jean-Pol Baugnee said that mandatory military service could be reintroduced depending on current security conditions. According to reports in the national media, Baugnee stated that this option cannot be completely ruled out and that such a step could be considered depending on the level of the security threat. The Land Forces...
EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Kaja Kallas said that relations with the United States have been seriously damaged over the past week. Kallas’ remarks came during an emergency EU summit held in Brussels following tensions over Greenland. Speaking in Brussels, Kaja Kallas pointed to growing uncertainty in transatlantic relations, saying, “One day everything is...
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever delivered strong remarks regarding U.S. policies toward Greenland, saying, “They may be strong, but our dignity is not for sale.” Speaking in the Belgian Parliament about the United States’ relations with Greenland, Prime Minister De Wever stated: “The United States may be strong, but our dignity is not for...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that financial support for Greenland is planned to be doubled and that a new investment package will be prepared. Ursula von der Leyen stated that the European Commission is developing a new investment package for Greenland and plans to double the financial assistance provided to the island....
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World Of Global Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s words carry more than a complaint; they are a harsh mirror held up to Europe. The statement “Europe is not a great power” is not merely an assessment of military or economic capacity, but the exposure of a deeper political and moral void. What...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump’s shift in rhetoric on Greenland and urged Europeans not to be too quick to write off the transatlantic partnership. Merz was addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after Trump abruptly stepped back from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to...
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World Of Global The global agenda has never been this noisy. The war in Ukraine, the Gaza crisis, U.S. elections, Trump–NATO tensions, the China–Taiwan line… Headlines are big, voices are loud. Precisely for this reason, some developments unfold quietly—without cameras, yet with the potential to produce far deeper consequences...
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World Of Global International politics is often interpreted through the lens of interests; yet there are moments when the personal characters of leaders overshadow the official policies of states. The relationship between French President Emmanuel Macron and the old–new powerful figure of the United States, Donald Trump, reflects precisely...
Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World of Global Donald Trump is once again striking at NATO’s most sensitive nerves—and he does so not with diplomatic courtesy, but with an open challenge. Facing a U.S. president who bluntly says, “If you don’t pay, I won’t protect you,” the world’s largest military alliance appears to be...