Growing Tensions With US Could Lead Europe Deeper Into Nuclear Proliferation
For more than 70 years, the United States has practiced what it calls extended deterrence, which includes the so-called “nuclear umbrella” for its NATO allies in Europe. Countries under the umbrella agree not to develop their own nuclear weapons with the understanding that the U.S. could use its nuclear weapons on their behalf in certain circumstances. In addition to some 80,000 U.S.
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Trump’s Greenland Plan Would Trample Indigenous Rights, “Militarize the Arctic”
Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland, which has been controlled by Denmark for more than 300 years. The White House says it’s considering “a range of options,” including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland, it would spell the end of NATO.
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Global Arms Revenue Reached Record High Last Year With US Companies in the Lead
An annual report out Monday that tracks global arms sales shows that weapons makers in 2024 generated more revenue than at any time since the group behind the research began tracking the data over 35 years ago. The annual report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that the top 100 weapons makers in the world — led by those in the United States — brought in a…
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Trump’s Peace With NATO Reinforces Its Purpose: US-Led Global Hegemony
This October, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth dominated the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, while pressuring Europeans to assume an even heavier share of the defense burden. Referring to his peers as “ministers of war,” Hegseth demanded that member states purchase additional U.S. arms for Ukraine. “All countries need to translate goals into guns,” he hammered home. “That’s all that matters…
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Russia’s Invasion Has Hollowed Out Higher Education in Ukraine
When Yulia Berg was in her second year at Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University in Odesa, a strategic port city in Ukraine, her university life, once defined by lectures, was suddenly rewritten by war. “Everyone experienced the beginning of the war in their own way, but for me, it meant missing out on student life,” Berg told Truthout. Berg graduated in May 2025 with a degree in…
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