WAR & PEACEThe U.S. is accelerating a major military reinforcement in the Middle East in what defence analysts describe as the final assembly of capabilities needed for a potential major attack on Iran.

WAR & PEACEJE Lindblom: "When Russia and China develop the Northern Sea Route through the Arctic, they do so for one simple reason: to escape the US's naval stranglehold, and that is precisely why Greenland is crucial."

WAR & PEACEThe statement comes as President Donald Trump confirmed the deployment of a significant US naval presence to the Middle East, including an aircraft carrier strike group, amid ongoing protests and economic turmoil in Iran.

WAR & PEACEAndrew Korybko: The US will likely annex Greenland, despite already enjoying full freedom of economic and military action there, which neither China nor Russia will ever have.

WAR & PEACEUkraine, France and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Declaration of Intent on the deployment of multinational forces to support Ukraine's defence, reconstruction, and

WAR & PEACEScott Ritter: "If the US gets away with this voiding of any meaningful Russian response, then it will feel free to escalate up to and including directly confronting Russia on the ground in Ukraine."