Overview
- Rasmussen, who outlined the plan Tuesday at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, said U.S. leadership has waned under President Trump.
- He urged a “D7” core of the EU, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, presenting it as an advocacy proposal with no formal commitments.
- A proposed “economic Article 5” would treat sanctions, boycotts or other coercion against one member as an attack on all.
- The blueprint also calls for shared rules for new technologies, less dependence on critical raw materials, and joint investment in the Global South to counter Chinese financing.
- He argued neutrality no longer fits a struggle between democracy and autocracy, and said threats inside any such bloc would be unacceptable, citing the U.S.–Denmark dispute over Greenland.