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Dispatches

Jan 27, 2026

How the Nordic-Baltic states became Europe’s reliable security engine

By Anna Wieslander

Eight Northern European states are acting together early and turning solidarity into capabilities and delivery. 

NATO
Northern Europe

Dispatches

Jan 22, 2026

The US is taking action against Russia’s shadow fleet. In the Baltic Sea, Europe should follow suit.

By Justina Budginaite-Froehly

European nations should force Russia’s shadow fleet out of the Baltic Sea and help to reshape the maritime legal order.

Maritime Security
Northern Europe

In the News

Jan 21, 2026

Wieslander on Swedish radio

On Wednesday, January 21, Director for Northern Europe, Anna Wieslander, was interviewed on Swedish national radio to comment on Donald Trump’s speech in Davos. Following a week marked by a “war of words,” during which the U.S. President issued a series of escalatory statements, the announcement to refrain from the use of force against Greenland […]

Northern Europe
Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 19, 2026

Kroenig quoted in Wall Street Journal on Greenland

By Atlantic Council

On January 19, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig was quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the Trump administration's policy toward Greenland, arguing that threats are a negotiating tool leveraged by the Trump administration.

Greenland
NATO

In the News

Jan 18, 2026

Kroenig on BBC on Greenland

By Atlantic Council

On January 18, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig was interviewed on BBC's Newshour on how Trump's threats towards Greenland are impacting the NATO alliance.

Greenland
Northern Europe

In the News

Jan 18, 2026

Wieslander on Swedish national television

On Sunday, January 18, Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe, participated in a panel on the Swedish news program Agenda to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs and the escalating Greenland crisis. “With Trump’s inauguration, we entered a new era, and we are now experiencing its effects,” Wieslander argues, noting that the new administration’s foreign policy posture […]

Northern Europe
Security & Defense

Dispatches

Jan 13, 2026

Greenland’s critical minerals require patient statecraft

By Reed Blakemore, Alexis Harmon

The island’s mineral wealth will take a decade or more to translate into meaningful supply.

Critical Minerals
Energy & Environment

In the News

Jan 12, 2026

Wieslander on Swedish Radio podcast

On site at Rikskonferensen 2026, Sweden’s largest conference on defense and security, Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe, featured on the podcast Europapodden (The Europe Podcast) to discuss the European response to Trump’s demands regarding Greenland. “This is a serious crisis that has emerged. A military move by Trump would be NATO’s darkest hour, causing article […]

Northern Europe
Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 10, 2026

Bayoumi quoted in AP News on the US lack of Arctic strategy

By Atlantic Council

On January 10, Imran Bayoumi, associate director of the GeoStrategy Initiative, was quoted in an Associated Press article titled "How the US could take over Greenland and the potential challenges," arguing that Trump's threats against Greenland reflect broader US failures to prioritize Arctic strategy.

Northern Europe
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 9, 2026

Gray in The Wall Street Journal on the Donroe doctrine in Greenland

By Atlantic Council

On January 9, Alexander B. Gray, a GeoStrategy Initiative nonresident senior fellow, published an article in The Wall Street Journal titled "A Defense of the Donroe Doctrine in Greenland."

NATO
Northern Europe

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