American power looks weaker because it is no longer theatrical, but it is still shaping outcomes through pressure and alliances while rivals burn men, money, and legitimacy trying to fight the modern world and their own limits.

The Trump administration has repeatedly said the U.S. should be in control of Greenland, which is part of Denmark and NATO.

US and Iranian forces are stepping up military posturing across the region, fuelling tensions amid fears of escalation.

AI’s bottleneck is physical—competition for power, land, and metals risks sidelining US military needs as commercial AI outpaces national security planning. The rapidly rising energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) compute are not a new problem.

In May 2021, cybercriminals shut down the Colonial Pipeline, halting fuel supplies across the southeastern United States and causing widespread shortages. The incident revealed how a single cyberattack can ripple through the economy, and how dependent our ...