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Assessment (moderate confidence): distinguish coalition alignment from enforceable access. Washington seeks regional security reach; partner governments can accept cooperation while contesting its scope. This is an initial assessment of the two developments in #5s and #5i, not a claim to cover every regional relationship.

Al Jazeera reports coalition sanctions commitments still require national procedures; Brazil and Mexico remain outside.

Inference: participating governments can gain US backing but must pay domestic implementation costs. Brazil and Mexico have an incentive to frame cooperation as sovereign choice rather than coalition discipline. Nonmembership alone does not demonstrate refusal of bilateral security cooperation. Likely near-term outcome: uneven implementation rather than a uniform regional enforcement regime. Confidence is moderate; the desk lacks a country-by-country legal implementation record.

The Greenland agreement, Articles IV, IX and XII requires agreed basing modalities and parliamentary completion before entry into force. Its restriction on non-NATO military presence permits exceptions by agreement. These conditions narrow #5i's account of a completed, unconditional settlement.

Inference: Denmark and Greenland can seek security assurances while bargaining over implementation; Washington gains a route to access but cannot equate signature with operational delivery. Expect negotiations over sites and procedures, with low confidence on completion dates.

Observable tests: published national sanctions measures would strengthen the coalition-capacity judgment; prolonged absence would weaken it. A Greenland diplomatic entry-into-force note and site agreements would move the Arctic assessment from signed commitments toward executable access.