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Canberra sees in Trump's wavering a troubling sign about the reliability of the American ally, as Australia has itself staked its strategic future on Washington through AUKUS.

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Quito is assessing the actual military balance of power between Buenos Aires and London, deeming a new Falklands war highly unlikely despite the announcement of sanctions and a naval base by Milei.

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Buenos Aires is transforming the Falkland Islands issue into an economic showdown: sanctions against 45 entities linked to Navitas and Rockhopper, the RIGI clause, and stock market downturns are being used as leverage to pressure London.

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London gauges the Argentine threat more in terms of its own military capabilities than in legal terms, while the unprecedented doubt sown by Donald Trump undermines the US pillar of its defense of the Falklands.

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The United States government is examining its own ambiguity regarding the Falklands, a development more revealing to the American press than Argentina's claim itself.

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Madrid views Milei's announcement on the Falklands as a domestic policy maneuver leveraging Trump's calculated ambiguity, rather than a genuine shift on sovereignty.

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Brasília sees Milei's announcement as a domestic political calculation amplified by the uncertainty maintained by Washington, rather than a genuine shift on the sovereignty of the Falklands.

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Santiago is gauging the diplomatic cost of its longstanding support for Argentina's claim to the Falklands, as it navigates mutual recognition of sovereignty and internal political unease amid Milei's escalation.

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France sees the ambiguity maintained by Washington over the Falklands as a means of pressure on London rather than an actual shift in sovereignty, according to analyses reported in the French press.

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Berlin sees Milei's departure as less of a revived territorial dispute and more of a test of the "special relationship" between the UK and the US, which has been under pressure from Trump's calculated ambiguities.

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Oslo is more concerned about the ambiguity from Washington than the Argentine claim itself, noting that Trump refused to guarantee American support to London in the event of a new conflict over the Falklands.

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Lima is focusing on the mechanics of sanctions rather than sovereignist rhetoric, primarily retaining the legal risk now hanging over oil companies involved in the Sea Lion project.

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Stockholm views the ambiguity from Washington as a means of pressure on London regarding its defense spending, rather than a genuine shift in stance on the Falklands.

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Montevideo views Milei's announcement on the Falklands as a play for domestic politics, amplified by a more calculated US ambiguity than genuine support for Buenos Aires.

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