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Published 14 January 2025

·  Trump Says He Will Create an ‘External Revenue Service’ Agency to Collect Tariff Income

·  Europe Is Still Trying to Pretend Putin’s Threat Isn’t Real

·  A Wider War Has Already Started in Europe

·  Why Is Trump So Obsessed with Greenland?

·  Hamas Has Another Sinwar. And He’s Rebuilding.

·  Syrians Hope for a Future Without Russia, but It May Not Be Easy

Trump Says He Will Create an ‘External Revenue Service’ Agency to Collect Tariff Income  (AP / VOA News)
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations.
“We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying,” Trump said Tuesday on his social media site, Truth Social. He compared his planned creation to the Internal Revenue Service, which is the nation’s domestic tax collector.
The creation of a new agency requires an act of Congress, and Republicans hold the majority of both the House and the Senate.

Europe Is Still Trying to Pretend Putin’s Threat Isn’t Real (Luke McGee, Foreign Policy)
NATO leaders aren’t ready for a post-U.S. world.

A Wider War Has Already Started in Europe  (Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic)
Putin’s not-so-quiet sabotage campaign against European democracies.

Why Is Trump So Obsessed with Greenland?  (Christina Lu,Foreign Policy)
The Arctic territory has long captured the attention of U.S. leaders.

Hamas Has Another Sinwar. And He’s Rebuilding.  (Wall Street Journal)
Under Yahya Sinwar;s younger brother, Hamas is recruiting new fighters in Gaza, drawing Israel into a war of attrition.

Syrians Hope for a Future Without Russia, but It May Not Be Easy  (Grigor Atanesian, BBC)
For years Russia and Syria were key partners - Moscow gained access to Mediterranean air and sea bases while Damascus received military support for its fight against rebel forces. Now, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, many Syrians want to see Russian forces leave but their interim government says it is open to further cooperation.