Overview
- The Spanish daily says the eight-decade transatlantic alliance effectively ended this year, calling Article 5 into question even as U.S. troops and bases remain on the continent.
- The updated National Security Strategy released on December 5 criticizes EU governance and immigration policies and warns some European states may lack the means to be dependable partners.
- Trump meets Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida today after stating any Ukrainian settlement proposal is meaningless without his approval, with Russian senator Alexey Pushkov saying European input is irrelevant to him.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United Nations has done very little to help resolve the Russia–Ukraine conflict.
- A Russian Academy of Sciences expert warned that U.S. pressure on Venezuela, including a December 17 foreign terrorist designation for its government and a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers, raises the risk of an unintended military clash in the Caribbean.