How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection. Canada might have to accept American warships in the Arctic, too, but it would be worth it to get the Europeans directly involved in defending Canada’s borders.
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer.

LONDON, U.K.—The alarming events of the past couple of weeks have made it clear that not one but several crises are likely to occur in the relatively near future. It’s hard to predict how they will interact, and we cannot arrange them in any particular sequence. However,...

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