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“Greenland’s seizure by the US allows the US to not only expand its maritime blockade to target the Northern Sea Route, it also allows the US to fully implement its “division of labor” in Europe regarding its continued proxy war with Russia from a relatively safe distance.”

References:

NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
The Irrawaddy - China-Backed Pipeline Facility Damaged in Myanmar Resistance Attack (2022):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/china-backed-pipeline-facility-damaged-in-myanmar-resistance-attack.html
The Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
Reuters - China's Xi presses Pakistan to improve security for Chinese workers (Sep. 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-presses-pakistan-improve-security-chinese-workers-2025-09-02/
National Interest - Free Baluchistan (2011):
https://nationalinterest.org/commentary/free-baluchistan-4799
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html
Reuters - China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law (Dec. 23, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-says-us-seizure-ships-serious-violation-international-law-2025-12-22/
US State Department - Secretary Marco Rubio with Megyn Kelly of The Megyn Kelly Show (Jan. 2025):
https://www.state.gov/secretary-marco-rubio-with-megyn-kelly-of-the-megyn-kelly-show/
BBC - Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy (Dec. 24, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o

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