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Transcontinental sovereign state and constitutional monarchy
A 2022 agreement between Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (including Greenland) settled the longstanding Hans Island dispute and created a land border while reaffirming existing maritime delimitations, ...
Greenlanders overwhelmingly reject becoming part of the United States and their government has publicly stated it “cannot under any circumstances accept” a U.S. takeover, instead affirming membership ...
The principal legal framework governing U.S. military presence in Greenland is the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, negotiated at NATO’s reques...
Denmark cannot practically or legitimately unilaterally "sell" Greenland as if it were estate property; Greenland is an autonomous territory with rights to self-determination and strong, repeated publ...
The short answer: no — the 1951 U.S.–Denmark defense agreement gives Washington sweeping operational rights in Greenland but does not lawlessly permit the United States to “set up whatever military pr...
The United States does not own Greenland; the island is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and remains under Danish sovereignty . Recent rhetoric from the Trump White House seeking ...
No—under current treaties and political realities the EU would not simply “seize” American military bases in Europe if Donald Trump ordered a takeover of Greenland; Europe’s options are constrained to...
Greenland’s place inside the Kingdom of Denmark and under NATO protection rests on layered domestic law, bilateral defence treaties and alliance arrangements rather than on a single document: Danish c...
The United States could physically attempt to seize Greenland, but doing so would be legally fraught, politically catastrophic, and militarily complex — and most analysts and officials cited in report...
Russia has clear, long-standing strategic interests in the Arctic — energy, military basing, the Northern Sea Route and resources — and Moscow is watching the Greenland debate closely, but available r...
The 2004 Igaliku update formally amended the 1951 U.S.–Denmark Defense of Greenland agreement to bring Greenland’s Home Rule (later self‑government) institutions into the defence dialogue, add joint p...
Greenland’s political leadership has firmly rejected any notion of U.S. acquisition or unilateral takeover while accepting the logic of stronger allied defence on the island—preferably multilateral an...
The United States would need Denmark’s and very likely Greenlanders’ explicit consent, plus adherence to international law and U.S. constitutional processes — primarily a treaty approved by two‑thirds...
A lawful transfer of Greenland to another state would require peaceful, negotiated cession that respects Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination — not a unilateral sale or seizure — and ...
The prospect of a successful U.S. seizure or outright annexation of Greenland under President Trump is legally and politically implausible but not impossible as a short-term coercive gambit: the admin...
Greenland’s legal-political evolution since the 1951 Defense Agreement has shifted real political authority from Copenhagen to Nuuk while leaving defense and ultimate sovereignty formally with the Kin...
Greenland’s defense system today is a patchwork of historical agreements, a small but strategically vital U.S. military footprint, and expanding NATO cooperation, all set against a contested political...
Greenlandic authorities occupy a complex, sometimes ambiguous role in decisions about foreign basing under the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement: legally, Denmark retained responsibility for defence...
The United States is not on the verge of a classic military seizure of Greenland, but the White House has privately and publicly discussed a spectrum of aggressive options—including purchase, induceme...
Pursuit of Greenland by the United States — whether through purchase, political pressure, or the threatened use of military force — would not immediately endanger existing U.S. facilities like Pituffi...