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The arctic battle
The Arctic as a macro-region covers some 14 million square kilometres and hosts as yet uncalculated reserves of hydrocarbons, precious metals and rare earths.
Competition between Arctic powers is exacerbated by overlapping territorial claims on the seabed.
Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) allows states to extend their continental shelf, but claims often overlap, as in the case of the North Pole, claimed by Russia, Denmark and Canada.
Russia, in particular, has intensified its military presence in the Arctic, reopening Cold War bases and developing advanced naval and missile capabilities.
The United States, initially less active, has recently increased its strategic engagement in the area, seeing Russia and China – the latter a self-described ‘quasi-Arctic nation’ – as challengers for control of resources and routes.
China, despite having no Arctic borders, has invested in the ‘Silk Road Pole’, promoting infrastructural and scientific cooperation with Arctic countries.
In this terra incognita, Greenland, the world’s largest island, resides in the North Atlantic and Arctic Circle, occupying a position midway between North America and Europe. About 80 per cent of the island’s surface is covered by an ice sheet, second in size only to Antarctica. This ice sheet, which reaches thicknesses of more than 3,000 metres, is one of the planet’s main freshwater reserves. The rest of the territory consists of ice-free coastal areas, home to spectacular tundras and fjords. There is also a central glacial plateau surrounded by coastal mountains, with peaks exceeding 3,700 metres, such as Mount Gunnbjørn, the highest point on the island. The deeply incised fjords are home to active glaciers that contribute to the flow of icebergs to the ocean.
Greenland is the largest island in the world and corresponds to 22% of the territory of the United States, i.e. the sum of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom put together, with only 60,000 inhabitants. It is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but has extensive autonomous powers.
According to a report by the US Geological Survey, 13% of the world’s oil resources and 30% of its gas resources, plus gold, rubies, diamonds, zinc, iron, copper, rare earths and a lot of uranium, are found underground (between dry land and seabed relevance), with an estimated total value of around USD 400 billion, a year’s GDP for Denmark.
Trump already hinted at a gold rush in the region in the summer of 2019, but there is much more: huge reserves of oil, gas, palladium, nickel, phosphate, bauxite, uranium rare earths and more.
There are already several undisclosed American military bases there, except for the well-known one in Pituffik, which is the centre of the entire NORAD space protection network.
There is no doubt that the main strategic weight of the icy island is geo-strategic being part of the North Pole and controlling access to the Pole for the entire Southwest.
On the other hand, the United States is only considered a polar nation for a part (north) of Alaska, which was once Russian land bought by the Americans.
For the North Pole, bordering Siberia, the Chinese plan to develop their Polar Silk Road, a strategic alternative to avoid the South-East Asian straits (then Bab el-Mandeb, Red Sea, Suez) and also shorten the crossing time to Europe.
The Danes, who are very ecological and pacifist, will have to face a serious image problem: if the authorisations arrive to start exploiting the resources of the territory and clearly the situation will change radically, where Denmark will take a leading role in the nuclear market.
For Greenland, on the other hand, the goal is much bigger: in addition to uranium, the melting of the glaciers is revealing the presence of other treasures in its subsoil that are tempting the rare earth giants and strategic industries. All to the detriment of local communities and their way of life, but this does not matter much to the market powers that be.
The arctic battle
The Arctic as a macro-region covers some 14 million square kilometres and hosts as yet uncalculated reserves of hydrocarbons, precious metals and rare earths.
Competition between Arctic powers is exacerbated by overlapping territorial claims on the seabed.
Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) allows states to extend their continental shelf, but claims often overlap, as in the case of the North Pole, claimed by Russia, Denmark and Canada.
Russia, in particular, has intensified its military presence in the Arctic, reopening Cold War bases and developing advanced naval and missile capabilities.
The United States, initially less active, has recently increased its strategic engagement in the area, seeing Russia and China – the latter a self-described ‘quasi-Arctic nation’ – as challengers for control of resources and routes.
China, despite having no Arctic borders, has invested in the ‘Silk Road Pole’, promoting infrastructural and scientific cooperation with Arctic countries.
In this terra incognita, Greenland, the world’s largest island, resides in the North Atlantic and Arctic Circle, occupying a position midway between North America and Europe. About 80 per cent of the island’s surface is covered by an ice sheet, second in size only to Antarctica. This ice sheet, which reaches thicknesses of more than 3,000 metres, is one of the planet’s main freshwater reserves. The rest of the territory consists of ice-free coastal areas, home to spectacular tundras and fjords. There is also a central glacial plateau surrounded by coastal mountains, with peaks exceeding 3,700 metres, such as Mount Gunnbjørn, the highest point on the island. The deeply incised fjords are home to active glaciers that contribute to the flow of icebergs to the ocean.
Greenland is the largest island in the world and corresponds to 22% of the territory of the United States, i.e. the sum of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom put together, with only 60,000 inhabitants. It is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but has extensive autonomous powers.
According to a report by the US Geological Survey, 13% of the world’s oil resources and 30% of its gas resources, plus gold, rubies, diamonds, zinc, iron, copper, rare earths and a lot of uranium, are found underground (between dry land and seabed relevance), with an estimated total value of around USD 400 billion, a year’s GDP for Denmark.
Trump already hinted at a gold rush in the region in the summer of 2019, but there is much more: huge reserves of oil, gas, palladium, nickel, phosphate, bauxite, uranium rare earths and more.
There are already several undisclosed American military bases there, except for the well-known one in Pituffik, which is the centre of the entire NORAD space protection network.
There is no doubt that the main strategic weight of the icy island is geo-strategic being part of the North Pole and controlling access to the Pole for the entire Southwest.
On the other hand, the United States is only considered a polar nation for a part (north) of Alaska, which was once Russian land bought by the Americans.
For the North Pole, bordering Siberia, the Chinese plan to develop their Polar Silk Road, a strategic alternative to avoid the South-East Asian straits (then Bab el-Mandeb, Red Sea, Suez) and also shorten the crossing time to Europe.
The Danes, who are very ecological and pacifist, will have to face a serious image problem: if the authorisations arrive to start exploiting the resources of the territory and clearly the situation will change radically, where Denmark will take a leading role in the nuclear market.
For Greenland, on the other hand, the goal is much bigger: in addition to uranium, the melting of the glaciers is revealing the presence of other treasures in its subsoil that are tempting the rare earth giants and strategic industries. All to the detriment of local communities and their way of life, but this does not matter much to the market powers that be.
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The Arctic battle 2
For Trump’s America, there are no small diplomatic advantages: the Arctic Council established in 1991 now has all NATO member countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the United States), except Russia, which is an eminent member but is the subject of war conflict and is kept on the sidelines at the decision-making level.
The accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO was a key step in securing the Arctic War. In particular, with Finland and secondarily Sweden, one of the most important Russian bases in the Arctic, the Kola Peninsula, is directly threatened.
With around 40 vessels, the Russians can boast the world’s largest fleet of icebreakers and their presence at the Pole is well organised and continuously reinforced.
A few months ago, Trump relaunched the idea of buying the island, an idea that the Americans have been pursuing since 1867 and that Trump himself had put on the table during his first presidency. He then moved Ken Howery, the ambassador who was in Sweden, the one who evidently drove home with interesting and convincing arguments Stockholm’s renunciation of the neutrality that had lasted, more or less, for two centuries.
The Arctic battle 2
For Trump’s America, there are no small diplomatic advantages: the Arctic Council established in 1991 now has all NATO member countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the United States), except Russia, which is an eminent member but is the subject of war conflict and is kept on the sidelines at the decision-making level.
The accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO was a key step in securing the Arctic War. In particular, with Finland and secondarily Sweden, one of the most important Russian bases in the Arctic, the Kola Peninsula, is directly threatened.
With around 40 vessels, the Russians can boast the world’s largest fleet of icebreakers and their presence at the Pole is well organised and continuously reinforced.
A few months ago, Trump relaunched the idea of buying the island, an idea that the Americans have been pursuing since 1867 and that Trump himself had put on the table during his first presidency. He then moved Ken Howery, the ambassador who was in Sweden, the one who evidently drove home with interesting and convincing arguments Stockholm’s renunciation of the neutrality that had lasted, more or less, for two centuries.
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🇷🇺 Zelensky said "no" to ALL of Trump's proposals for a settlement in Ukraine that the US considers necessary at a meeting in Washington, Lavrov said in an interview with NBC
On the contrary Russia showed some flexibility.
Lavrov on the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky:
[So, the point is that there is no plan for a meeting]
President Putin clearly stated that he is ready to meet if this meeting really has an agenda, a presidential agenda.
On the contrary Russia showed some flexibility.
Lavrov on the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky:
[So, the point is that there is no plan for a meeting]
President Putin clearly stated that he is ready to meet if this meeting really has an agenda, a presidential agenda.
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UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher
‘It IS famine’❗️
🇵🇸 UN officially declares famine in Gaza❗️
‘It hits the most vulnerable first’ says about Gazan children.
Claims they have ‘irrefutable testimony’ and slams media on not showing it...
This is recorded as the first famine in the Middle East. A man made famine by Israel and its Western backers.
UN said the famine in Gaza could have been avoided if not for Israel's blockade.
Death toll from Us-Israeli genocidal war in Gaza Strip rises to 62,263❗️ ❗️ ❗️ ❗️
‘It IS famine’
🇵🇸 UN officially declares famine in Gaza
‘It hits the most vulnerable first’ says about Gazan children.
Claims they have ‘irrefutable testimony’ and slams media on not showing it...
This is recorded as the first famine in the Middle East. A man made famine by Israel and its Western backers.
UN said the famine in Gaza could have been avoided if not for Israel's blockade.
Death toll from Us-Israeli genocidal war in Gaza Strip rises to 62,263
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🇳🇱 Dutch Foreign Minister resigned after debate on Israel sanctions.
Caspar Veldkamp and other ministers step down after cabinet rejects sanctions against Israel, prompting broader political upheaval.❗️
Following his resignation, all New Social Contract ministers and state secretaries confirmed their support for Veldkamp and resigned from the caretaker government in solidarity.
“I also see what is happening on the ground in Gaza, the attack on Gaza City, and what is happening in the West Bank, the building decision for the disputed settlement E1, and East Jerusalem,” Veldkamp told reporters.
Caspar Veldkamp and other ministers step down after cabinet rejects sanctions against Israel, prompting broader political upheaval.
Following his resignation, all New Social Contract ministers and state secretaries confirmed their support for Veldkamp and resigned from the caretaker government in solidarity.
“I also see what is happening on the ground in Gaza, the attack on Gaza City, and what is happening in the West Bank, the building decision for the disputed settlement E1, and East Jerusalem,” Veldkamp told reporters.
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🇮🇹 🇫🇷 Huge political confrontation between Italy and France.
Vice President of Italian government Mateo Salvini advised Macron to take his helmet and go to Ukraine himself if he insists so much to have European or NATO soldiers in Ukraine...
Paris is demanding Meloni to remove Salvini from her government.
Vice President of Italian government Mateo Salvini advised Macron to take his helmet and go to Ukraine himself if he insists so much to have European or NATO soldiers in Ukraine...
Paris is demanding Meloni to remove Salvini from her government.
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🎯 Throwback session
🇦🇲 🇦🇿 🇺🇸 Ilham Aliyev stated that together with Pashinyan they initiated the nomination of US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"Yes, exactly. Together with my Armenian colleague, we nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. He truly deserves it. As I said a few months ago in Washington, he performed a miracle in Africa, Asia, and the South Caucasus. This is his character. This is his nature. He wants peace. He is completely different from the usual image of a Western leader. He is very friendly. He is very generous. He was so generous that he gave all his gifts, even more than planned. He is truly a person who deserves great recognition."
"Yes, exactly. Together with my Armenian colleague, we nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. He truly deserves it. As I said a few months ago in Washington, he performed a miracle in Africa, Asia, and the South Caucasus. This is his character. This is his nature. He wants peace. He is completely different from the usual image of a Western leader. He is very friendly. He is very generous. He was so generous that he gave all his gifts, even more than planned. He is truly a person who deserves great recognition."
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🇫🇷 🇷🇺 Video of the day session.
3 years after the French Napoleon still dreams of sending troops against Russia
3 years after the French Napoleon still dreams of sending troops against Russia
🇸🇾 The Israeli army has reportedly taken control of the town of Rakhleh in Syria, a move likely approved by Syrian authorities.
The town, situated on a strategic hill, overlooks three major routes: Baalbek (a stronghold for the Lebanese resistance) Damascus, and Beirut.
Israeli control of Rakhleh places their army approximately 20 km from Damascus, 50 km from Baalbek, and 60 km from Beirut.
Consequently, the al-Masna–Beirut and Zahle–Beirut routes now fall under Israeli ground-fire control.
The town, situated on a strategic hill, overlooks three major routes: Baalbek (a stronghold for the Lebanese resistance) Damascus, and Beirut.
Israeli control of Rakhleh places their army approximately 20 km from Damascus, 50 km from Baalbek, and 60 km from Beirut.
Consequently, the al-Masna–Beirut and Zahle–Beirut routes now fall under Israeli ground-fire control.