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The Aleutians are remote, storm-lashed and often overlooked, but as Russia and China push harder into the Arctic and North Pacific, this chain of islands off Alaska may prove critical to U.S and NATO security, writes Dr Linda Parker
With questions mounting over whether Britain is prepared to support the U.S in the Gulf and defend its own regional interests, Dr Linda Parker argues that the delay in sending HMS Dragon to Cyprus has revealed how far the Royal Navy has drifted from its long tradition of rapid global response
Greenland became a strategic prize during the Second World War, when the United States occupied the island to block Nazi advances, shield Atlantic convoys and gather the meteorological intelligence that helped time D-Day. It later formed the backbone of NATO’s Arctic early-warning system during the Cold War. Trump’s latest claim that America “has to have” Greenland has revived that history, alarmed Denmark and unsettled the alliance. Yet Greenland’s future remains a matter for Greenlanders, not Washington, writes historian Dr Linda Parker
Dr Linda Parker will be giving a talk to BMMHS on Wednesday 10th December in Woodcote Village Hall RG8 0QY (near Wallingford) in South Oxfordshire. Please do join us. BMMHS Village Hall Meeting: Rudolf Hess; His Flight to EnglandSpeaker: Dr Linda ParkerDate: Wednesday 10th December 2025 7:30pm Talk SummaryOn the 10th …
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