greenland
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Fortress Greenland: Trump’s Arctic Ambitions and the Cost of Economic Nationalism
President Donald Trump’s recent declarations show the United States’ strategic interest in Greenland, portraying it as central to both national and international security. At the swearing-in of Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Trump stated, “We need Greenland very importantly for International Security,” highlighting the Arctic’s increasing militarization by rival powers such as…
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Greenland Resists U.S. Pressure: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and the Geopolitics of the Arctic
In the immediate aftermath of his electoral victory, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the newly inaugurated Prime Minister of Greenland and leader of the center-right Demokraatit party, issued an unequivocal rejection of renewed American ambitions over Greenlandic sovereignty. Through a sharply worded statement, Nielsen reaffirmed the island’s status as a self-governing entity within the Kingdom of Denmark, declaring,…