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Mar 2025
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129 - Frozen Flashpoints: Greenland, Sva...

THE RED LINE
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The last few months have seen major shifts in the balance of power in the far north, with the US making threats toward Greenland, Russia exerting pressure on Svalbard, and Arctic shipping routes, once seen as a counterweight to the Suez Canal, are now increasingly having their viability called into question. So as Greenland heads to the polls, the territory ... Show More
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