The Greenland Crisis (2026): Coercion, Sovereignty, and Alliance Politics (Content)

Episode 1 — Prologue: Why Greenland, why now?

Episode 2 — The constitutional baseline: sovereignty, autonomy, and self-determination

Episode 3 — The trigger: the tariff ultimatum and the timetable

Episode 4 — Europe answers: the “full solidarity” joint statement

Episode 5 — Arctic signalling: “Arctic Endurance” and allied participation

Episode 6 — The United Kingdom: Principle, Pragmatism, and the “Bridge” Role

Episode 7 — Europe’s “trade bazooka”: the Anti-Coercion Instrument as deterrent and dilemma

Episode 8 — NATO’s dilemma: coercion inside the alliance

Episode 9 — Poland’s line: sovereignty affirmed, troops declined

Episode 10 — The “quiet trio”: Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia as procedural hedgers

Episode 11 — Switzerland: neutrality as restraint, not indifference

Episode 12 — Russia: opportunism, wedge-driving, and the limits of “alignment”

Episode 13 — China: rejecting the “China threat” frame while exploiting the narrative space

Episode 14 — Global non-alignment: the diplomacy of silence

Episode 15 — U.S. domestic constraints: weak mandate, congressional friction, and the force taboo

Episode 16 — Outlook: off-ramps, scenarios, and the damage ledger