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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies

JD Vance and a senior military commander in battle fatigues
US vice president JD Vance during a visit to the Pituffik space base in Greenland. In August, an alleged US influence campaign in the territory resulted in Denmark summoning the US charge d’affaires. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Danish intelligence services have accused the US of using its economic power to “assert its will” and threatening military force against its allies.

The comments, made in its annual assessment released this week, mark the first time that the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) has listed the US as a threat to the country. Denmark, the report warns, is “facing more and more serious threats and security policy challenges than in many years”.

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