Italy’s prime minister pressed allies to manage Arctic security through NATO and other multilateral channels, rejecting unilateral steps after provocative U.S. statements about Greenland heightened transatlantic tensions. Speaking around the public presentation of Rome’s new Arctic strategy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said U.S. concerns were “serious” but insisted Italy would not back any U.S. military seizure of Greenland. It ties Russia’s renewed Arctic military build-up to broader security dynamics unleashed by the war in Ukraine and characterizes allied responses as part of a wider deterrence posture. The prime minister also sought to defuse concerns about direct U.S. military action. Rome’s policy paper and Meloni’s emphasis on NATO are presented as an attempt to bind allies to a common legal and operational framework and to avoid unilateral moves that could provoke confrontation with Moscow or Beijing.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 18, 2026 19:30 UTC