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International relations and diplomacy in the Arctic region, including the potential implications of the US acquisition of Greenland.
repeatedly from the 19th century to today: and his circle explored Greenland after purchase; ’s diplomats proposed a land-exchange in the early 20th century; made a formal postwar bid in 1946; and pla...
A review of reporting finds a clear temporal link between public rhetoric about and dramatic moves in stocks tied to Greenland’s mineral prospects, but no public, verifiable evidence in the cited repo...
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 1951 Denmark–US defense agreement established U.S. responsibility to assist in the defence of Greenland under NATO and created a durable legal framework for American basing and operations on the i...
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...
has never owned ; U.S. forces have held basing rights and repeatedly sought to purchase or control the island, but sovereignty has remained (and increasingly Greenlandic under home rule) throughout mo...
Yes: reporting shows repeatedly refused to rule out and made statements implying force was an option, even as he later publicly backpedaled and said he would not use force after international pushback...
There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that Donald Trump "ordered the military to drop a plan to invade Greenland"; instead multiple outlets report he ordered U.S. commanders to draw u...
President Trump’s quip — “The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land” — compresses three separate debates into one sentence: the historical roots of human pres...
Several U.S. presidents have tried to buy territory or land — most famously Thomas Jefferson with the Louisiana Purchase and Andrew Johnson with Alaska — while others have proposed purchases (or engag...
President Donald Trump sent a blunt message to Norway’s prime minister tying his campaign to acquire Greenland to bitterness over not receiving the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, saying he “no longer feels a...
The to the Agreement formally inserted Greenland’s home-rule authorities into the legal framework that governs U.S. military activity on the island and added procedural safeguards for consultation and...
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...
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...
Protests over and broader U.S. immigration policy became a visible feature of ’s public life around the , prompting mass demonstrations, political rebuke, and official reassurances that altered how fo...
has not “” ; what exists is a high‑stakes campaign by his administration to secure U.S. control, access or influence over the island through purchase proposals, diplomatic pressure and negotiated “fra...
priorities—early warning against attack, control of transatlantic air and sea lanes, and the siting of bases and sensors—shaped policy toward from 1945 onward, producing a pattern of bargaining with ,...
The offer to buy — a reportedly secret $100 million-in-gold bid made and rejected by — crystallizes themes that still shape modern thinking about territorial purchases: strategic value, legal constrai...
Agreement grants the right—on the basis of collective defense plans—to establish, construct, operate and use “defense areas” in Greenland, including ports, airfields and communications facilities, whi...
The record is clear: is aggressively pursuing and repeatedly ties that pursuit to national security, but U.S. officials and analysts also explicitly link the effort to Greenland’s oil, —so natural res...