NEWS BRIEF Russia is publicly reveling in the transatlantic rift caused by President Trump’s campaign to acquire Greenland, with senior officials hailing a “collapse” of Western unity and joking about a weakened Europe. Behind the glee, however, lies strategic concern in Moscow that Trump’s unpredictable expansionism could ultimately threaten Russia’s own ambitions in the resource-rich […]

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