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International Relations A.I., Big Tech and Trump Shine Most Brightly at the Davos Spectacle - The World Economic Forum is now dominated by global technology companies whose interests shunt aside most others.Trump Heckles Europe Before Heading to Davos - As European leaders try to engage with the American president over Greenland and the future of Ukraine, he is mocking them as weak.With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest - After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.Trump Threatens 200% Tariffs on Wine if France Declines to Join Gaza Board of Peace - France has said it will not join President Trump’s “Board for Peace.” France’s agriculture minister described the tariff threat as “blackmail.”Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland - As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland - In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.What Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress Hopes to Achieve - One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.After U.S. Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out - Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response could be retaliating with its own trade “bazooka.”One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. - The United States is broken, but not in every way.France’s Embassy in Iraq Is a Spoil of Antisemitism, Jewish Family Charges - A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property.