Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire
- Written by Nicholas Khoo, Associate Professor of International Politics and Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (Christchurch), University of Otago
Getty ImagesDonald Trump is an unusual United States president in that he may be the first to strike greater anxiety in allies than in adversaries.
Take the responses to his pre-inauguration comments about buying Greenland, for instance, which placed US ally Denmark at the centre of the global foreign policy radar screen and caused the Danish...
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