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The Greenland Debacle and the American Policy towards Ukraine Show the Fragility of the Western Alliance
News:
Since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second term, he and his administration have made their wish to acquire Greenland clear numerous times. The sovereignty of the large island and its place in the Danish commonwealth has been a hot topic in Denmark due to these threats by Trump. Representatives of the US have had multiple visits to Greenland recently including the visit of Vice President J.D Vance, while Trump is repeating the necessity of American ownership of Greenland for "international security".
Europeans also consider the US actions towards Ukraine a sign of decline in the 80-year long alliance and dependency on America and are in a weakened position in terms of NATO and European security as a whole against Russia.
Comment:
The American moves in the question of Ukraine and the issue of Greenland have caused a rift in what was considered an alliance between it and Europe.
After 80 years of European dependency on US security guarantees and cooperation, Denmark as well as other European countries are torn. They express their wishes to become independent of America in terms of military and security issues, but feel incapable of doing so effectively and therefore still in need of a relationship of alliance with America.
The recent American policies of suggesting the acquiring of Greenland and its resources and what many Europeans consider a letdown of Ukraine has led regular Danish people to boycott US products and services.
Europe struggles with its inability to unite in military and security and are humiliated in the face of the Russian threat and American demands of more significant contributions to NATO.
These recent events are signs of a weakening Western world order and of the fragility of these alliances that are dictated by the interests and whims of the US administration. What has been dubbed the free world and the capitalist leadership of America is a corrupt leadership not fit to lead the peoples of the world.
In this vacuum of global leadership, the Ummah of Muhammad (saw) is the only nation with the true ideology to lead the world with the Islamic leadership of the Khilafah Rashidah (rightly guided Caliphate), rather than a world order driven by material interests, the exploitation of nations and their conflicts.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Younes Piskorczyk