Security & Geopolitics#8
Internal security: organised crime, drugs & terrorism
Cocaine ports, gang violence and terror alerts move up the ballot.
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Europe's public debates
The Agenda
62 issues shaping Europe's politics.
From Ukraine to pensions — the debates every European government and party is answering.
62 topics9 themes27 countries
2 topics
Wider Europe & World#55
Drug policy
Legalise, tolerate or crack down?
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The Arctic & Greenland
The new geopolitical frontier — at Europe's northern edge.
In short
Melting ice opens shipping routes and access to minerals, while US interest in Greenland, part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Russian military activity raise the Arctic's strategic importance for the EU and NATO.
Why it matters now
US statements on Greenland made Arctic sovereignty a European issue.
The divide
The debate
Broad European support for Danish and Greenlandic self-determination
The debate
debates on investment, mining and the military presence.