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.

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.

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.

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US-Iran tensions rise as military power is compared across air, naval, missile and manpower strength in a potential full-scale war scenario.