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Greenlandic leaders' stance on defense cooperation and sovereignty under the Kingdom of Denmark and NATO, amidst U.S. pressure and proposals
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 ...
Greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark: its people exercise broad internal self-government while Denmark retains responsibility for the realm’s sovereignty, defen...
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...
Greenland is not an independent sovereign state; it is an autonomous, self-governing country within the constitutional Kingdom (Realm) of Denmark, exercising control over most domestic affairs while D...
Greenland’s legal path to independence is spelled out primarily in the 2009 Greenland Self-Government Act: a Greenlandic decision in favour of independence would trigger negotiations with Denmark, req...
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...
Greenland broadly aspires to eventual independence: major Greenlandic parties and laws enshrine a right to self‑determination, and opinion polls have shown majority support for independence in princip...
Greenland is not comfortable with the idea of the United States taking it over: Greenland’s government has explicitly rejected any U.S. takeover and public polling shows overwhelming opposition among ...
The 2023 Denmark–US Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) does not replace the 1951 Greenland defense treaty or the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA); rather it builds a new, bilateral basing and o...
The 2009 Greenland Self-Government Act carved out a significantly expanded domestic autonomy for Greenland while expressly keeping defence, foreign affairs and other core state functions under Danish ...
The shorthand claim that “75% of Americans oppose the U.S. attempting to take control of Greenland” is broadly true when the question explicitly concerns using military force — multiple polls show rou...
Greenlandic leaders publicly back strengthened Arctic defence cooperation under the Kingdom of Denmark and NATO while insisting Greenland’s self‑determination must be respected, even as they push back...
’s move to self-government beginning with home rule in 1979 and deepened by the 2009 Self-Government Act has not transferred formal responsibility for defence and from to , but it has nudged those fie...
faces heightened rhetoric and some preparatory actions that have made , but multiple authoritative sources report that an actual military operation has not been ordered and remains unlikely in the nea...