Iceland must champion a foreign policy of prudence, self-determination, and institutional fidelity—not one that hazards national sovereignty for illusory European integration.
Twenty five troops—indeed, even 25,000—cannot defend the world’s largest island. European nations simply lack the military infrastructure for credible defense.
During her visit to the country, Commission President von der Leyen announced the start of talks on a new security and defense agreement, independent of the U.S. and NATO.
In Part II of this series, Hannes Gissurarson lays out the case that Geir Haarde was unfairly singled out and blamed for the bank collapse in a flawed and biased process.
