Javier Milei has suddenly placed sovereignty over the islands back at the centre of Argentine foreign policy after treating the issue with remarkable distance. Donald Trump’s suggestion that Washington might reconsider its position could offer Argentina a diplomatic opportunity. But a matter of state cannot depend on the mood of Washington or London — or on the friendship between two presidents.
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London answers every discussion over sovereignty by invoking the wishes of the islanders. But a vote can establish how a population wishes to live; it cannot necessarily, by itself, erase an internationally recognised territorial dispute. Donald Trump has now moved — if only slightly — a piece that had remained virtually motionless for decades.