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The need for international cooperation in the Arctic region, including the role of NATO and the United Nations.
Reporting is mixed: several outlets initially listed Canada among NATO partners sending personnel to Denmark’s Greenland exercise, Operation Arctic Endurance, but official Canadian defence spokespeopl...
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 ...
A cluster of House bills and companion Senate measures were introduced in January 2026 that address Greenland — proposals range from empowering the President to acquire or annex Greenland to measures ...
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 ...
European NATO members have begun moving military personnel and assets to Greenland in the wake of provocative U.S. rhetoric about acquiring the territory, with Germany confirming a 13-strong reconnais...
No credible reporting in the provided sources shows Russia literally warning that “the end of the world” will begin if President Trump presses ahead with plans to acquire Greenland; Moscow’s public rh...
Multiple recent polls show Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the United States while many Americans likewise reject U.S. annexation or the use of force to acquire Greenland; specific...
Greenland is strategically important to U.S. and allied defense today — particularly because of U.S. early‑warning and radar facilities at Pituffik (formerly Thule) that help detect long‑range missile...
Denmark has publicly announced an expanded Danish military presence in and around Greenland and invited allied contingents to participate in exercises and scouting missions, framing the moves as to “s...
France deployed a small military detachment to Greenland to take part in Denmark’s Danish‑led exercise "Operation Arctic Endurance," sending mountain troops and saying further land, air and sea assets...
The scenario — that holding Alaska plus seizing Greenland would allow a U.S. president to “surround Canada” and roll through a chain of countries from Canada to Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia, ...
official announcements and Defence Ministry releases publicly name the Danish exercise "," confirm an increased Danish military presence in and outline broad categories of allied participation (aircra...
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre reported that in his exchange surrounding the Davos trip he told President Trump that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee and not by ...
NATO members have responded to President Trump’s push for Greenland with a mix of diplomatic engagement, public rebukes, and limited military signalling: emergency consultations in Brussels, bilateral...
The abrupt U.S. push to acquire Greenland and President Trump’s accompanying tariff threats have cracked open a transatlantic rupture that European leaders are treating as a strategic emergency, with ...
The only German naval ship that the provided reporting documents as having made a confirmed port call in Greenland is the replenishment/supply ship EGV Berlin, which visited Nuuk on August 16, 2025 . ...
Denmark did respond to the Greenland dispute by announcing and beginning to expand military activity, assets and allied participation around Greenland—measures far beyond the “dog sleds” caricature in...