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Russia and Ukraine news:
Putin continues to do a great job of uniting Europe against him.
Nordic countries move toward linking their air forces: 250 planes.
From the story:
The first of its kind between the Nordic states, the declaration was signed March 16 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany by the commanders of the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish air forces.
The concept of a joint Nordic air force, comprising about 250 modern front-line combat aircraft, has been the subject of periodic discussions between the regional governments since the mid-1990s.
Sweden’s and Finland’s unaligned status remained an impediment to advancing talks and joint initiatives. But with the two countries primed to join NATO, Nordic governments find themselves on more solid ground to discuss a common action plan to create a so-called mini-NATO that would deliver a formidable and unified air force capability.
And even before the ink is dry on the above story, there’s talk about this:
Also, Putin tried to threaten the world again: Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus.
But that was knocked down pretty fast by new friend and ally China.
China news:
U.S. wants allies to line up against China. Europe is starting to listen.
In Biden’s alliance of democracies, Europe has been at best ambivalent on China. Some of the most important countries, such as France and Germany, have worried that decoupling from China would cause too much economic pain.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Europeans are starting to pay more attention to Biden’s message about the dangers of dependence on dictatorships. With urgency like never before, they are restricting exports of chip-making equipment to China, banning TikTok on government devices and pushing protectionist trade policy. Even long-time holdout Germany, the European Union’s biggest economy and a heavy investor in China, is starting to question its business-first ethos.
Middle East news:
This should relieve some tension in Israel.
Although foreign policy expert Richard Haass says this is about oh-so-much more than simply the judicial plans.
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