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The extraction of rare-earth and critical minerals, and the challenges and implications of such activities in the Arctic region.
President Trump’s pursuit of Greenland is driven publicly by national-security arguments about Arctic competition with China and Russia and privately by economic and resource ambitions—rare-earths and...
Donald J. Trump’s drive to “take” or “own” Greenland is framed publicly as a national-security imperative to deny strategic Arctic access to rivals and to secure critical minerals and energy resources...
’s renewed drive to “acquire” is presented publicly as a national-security imperative tied to the Arctic’s strategic geography, military basing, and a stated need to deny competitors like and leverage...
’s appeal to policymakers is twofold: a concentration of critical minerals—most notably , graphite, uranium and battery-related metals—that could help diversify Western supply chains away from , and a...
President Trump in early January 2026 publicly renewed a campaign to “acquire” Greenland, declaring the United States would act “whether they like it or not” and suggesting options ranging from purcha...