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Toni Mikec Watt’s Happening aims to provide breaking news, sharp analysis, and thoughtful commentary from the cutting edge of the energy sector as this dynamic area of the world continues to expand and grow before our eyes. Weekly Highlights: China Advances as the United States Retreats From Global …

Lexi Reid Economic coercion in the form of sanctions, tariffs and trade restrictions became a deliberate peacetime tool for global security after World War 1. They were normalised and expanded during the Cold War, then became a primary instrument of world-order enforcement in late modernity. Despite becoming a …

Last month, officials from the United States, Denmark, and Greenland had a regular meeting in Greenland’s capital, without discussing any U. S. military or financial takeover of the territory. However, this changed when President Trump announced special envoy Jeff Landry, who expressed on social media his intent to …

Donald Trump has been leading the United States as its president since January 2025. Washington’s priority is to Make America Great Again (MAGA). Trump’s tariffs have rippled through many economies from Latin America through the Asian region to the continent of Africa. Trump’s Davos speech has explicitly revealed …

Arthur Micelino Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2026, Donald Trump announced he was seeking “immediate negotiations” to acquire Greenland from Denmark, arguing that “it’s the United States alone that can protect this giant mass of land, this giant piece of ice.” After …

Italy’s decision to decline participation in U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” is more than a procedural refusal. It is a revealing moment in the evolving relationship between Europe and an increasingly personalized American foreign policy. According to reporting by Corriere della Sera, Rome’s objections are …

Arctic brinkmanship over Greenland, NATO in chaos, and Putin’s calculated silence. In the latest episode of Russia Decoded, hosts Andy Kuchins and Chris Monday unpack how Russian state media frames the fragmenting West. January 2026 may well be remembered as the moment the post-1945 international order finally began …

James Holmes In the late 1890s, naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan made a compelling argument for the United States’ possession of Hawaii. Those interested in the annexation of Greenland might take note. Once upon a time, an eminent American full-throatedly espoused annexing a strategically situated, lightly populated island …

Damjan Krnjevic-Miskovic Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has charted a realist course for Canada. Can he put it to use and help strike a US-Denmark deal over Greenland? Canadian and European political leaders of various stripes seem to be tripping over themselves to articulate a sensible position on …