What Greenland’s Independence Would Mean March 14, 2025
The island’s residents have voted in favor of a party that seeks gradual independence from Denmark. But Greenland has attracted significant attention from President Trump, who sees the island’s considerable mineral wealth and location in the Arctic a...
Greenland’s Pro-Independence Parties Surge March 12, 2025
The results show that Greenland is only divided about what to do when and not if independence from Denmark is reached. ...
Peace in Ukraine Cannot Reward Putin February 12, 2025
A sigh of relief was heard in Davos recently, when U.S. President Donald Trump, on the heels of his inauguration speech, made it clear he wouldn’t be a pushover by sacrificing Ukraine. (If the sigh was a little a muted on Europe’s end, it was probabl...
A Third Option on Greenland February 12, 2025
If the Danes don’t want to sell Greenland and the locals don’t want to form the 51st state, President Donald Trump is left with a third option....
Empire Redux: Ushering in New Imperial Age February 11, 2025
Xi wants Taiwan, Putin invaded Ukraine and now Trump eyes Panama Canal, Greenland and even Gaza ...
Donald Trump Channels Roosevelt, Not McKinley February 08, 2025
He eulogises the 25th incumbent, William McKinley, but on tariffs and imperialism, Trump is learning the wrong lessons...
The Greenland Play: The View From Moscow February 07, 2025
The militarization of Greenland and the wider Arctic region may push Russia and China closer together. ...
America Needs Greenland February 07, 2025
Greenland isn’t just an Arctic landmass — it’s a North American strategic economic and military asset that America cannot afford to ignore. The time to secure it is now....
Greenland: Warmed-Over McKinley or a Security Deal February 06, 2025
When the United States asked its friends for help earlier in this century, Denmark stepped forward, sending troops to fight and sometimes die in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Danes face threats and intimidation from the United States in the form of Presi...
Nation Builder: Trump Eyes Ownership of Gaza Strip February 05, 2025
His appetite for territorial expansion has not waned. Before he even returned to the White House, Donald Trump set his sights on the Panama Canal and then resource-rich Greenland. Now, the president who once railed against foreign entanglements wants...
The Rules-Based Order Is No More February 05, 2025
A few weeks ago, when Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen spoke with soon-to-be U.S. President Donald Trump about his insistence on making Greenland part of America, the phone call didn’t go well. ...
Taking Greenland? February 01, 2025
There’s been talk of the United States acquiring Greenland, which is autonomously governed within the Kingdom of Denmark. The argument is that with the Arctic Ocean passages possibly opening amid Russia’s and China’s predation, plus Greenland’s vast ...
Greenland Is Not About Land, It’s in Our Interest January 31, 2025
Megyn Kelly is joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an exclusive interview about if the Trump administration is serious about wanting to buy Greenland, the national interest America has in Greenland, what sort of negotiations could be coming,...
Trump’s ‘Big Stick’ Foreign Policy Could Backfire January 29, 2025
Donald Trump is displaying a fondness for old-style, unapologetic U.S. imperialism with respect to policy in the Western Hemisphere. Even before entering the Oval Office for his second term, he set off alarm bells among neighboring countries. As pres...
Greenland Biz Minister on U.S. Investments January 28, 2025
Amid the ongoing furor about President Donald Trump’s designs on the Danish-held territory of Greenland, The American Conservative sat down with Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s business minister, to discuss what sort of mutually agreeable future inte...