WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump ’s calls to take control of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal reflect his fascination with a 21st-century version of an old idea—that great ...

European security situation: notions of ‘spheres of influence’ have no place in the 21st century The Council has approved conclusions on the European security situation, asserting that European ...

There should be a sphere around us. It would not be part of us," he stated. Spheres of influence "are back in the geopolitical conversation in the 21st century.