| One year into Donald Trump's second term, Europe appears to be caught off guard. Faced with threats that openly challenge international law and security, European capitals are struggling to speak with one voice. This lack of unity carries major consequences: the continent is losing strategic credibility and leaving an open field to political forces ready to exploit this weakness. Its leaders will gather in Brussels tonight to discuss the next steps to meet the challenge posed by Donald Trump. Europe's dependence on tech giants is another crucial issue, even if it is not on the agenda for tonight's emergency talks. While in Davos Trump said that he and NATO secretary general Mark Rutte reached the framework of a deal over Greenland, but what about the people of this territory? In 1951, French explorer Jean Malaurie watched an immense US military base rise out of the tundra. Built in near-total secrecy, it marked a turning point for Inuit societies. Will Arctic politics come full circle? Meanwhile, in the United States, the Trump administration wants to broaden what counts as grounds for denaturalization and calls for it to be made a political priority. As a result, millions of naturalized US citizens could potentially risk losing their citizenship. Eye injuries among protestors in Iran's latest crackdown are a brutal blast from the past for a country where targeting the eyes is an act of repression deeply rooted in Persian culture. All the best. |
 Georgios Samaras, King's College London European leaders are sending markedly inconsistent signals in the face of clear provocation from the US. |
 Johan Linåker, Lund University As the US increases political pressure on Europe, it's possible to imagine the continent losing access to key computing services. |
 Ludovic Slimak, Université de Toulouse In 1951, the French Explorer Jean Malaurie witnessed the building of a US military base in Greenland in near total secrecy, which marked an irreversible turning point for Inuit societies. |
| |  Ashley Mantha-Hollands, European University Institute Under Trump, US citizenship is again a political battleground, as expanded denaturalisation grounds threaten decades of legal protections for millions of naturalised Americans. | |  Firouzeh Nahavandi, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Iranian police deliberately fire at the protestors' eyes. A deeply rooted act of repression that is older than the Islamic Republic itself. |  Josep Bonsoms, Universitat de Barcelona Snow cover has declined rapidly since the 1980s, and it's only accelerating. | |  Carlos Gutiérrez Hita, Universidad Miguel Hernández A mistimed switch change could have caused the derailment. | | |
| |  Miranda Sheild Johansson, UCL For some Swedes, the question isn't simply whether a wealth tax works, but what kind of society has been lost with its abolition. | |  Paola Alexandria Pinto de Magalhães, Universidad de Navarra; Maider Belintxon Martín, Universidad de Navarra; Pablo Tabuenca Agramonte, Universidad de Navarra The 'saddest day of the year' is made up, and ignores the importance of feeling and expressing our emotions. | | |
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