Ever since Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine I’ve been thinking about the issue of the right of nations to self-determination. I’ve done so because some on the Left, since that war began, have been essentially defending the Putin government’s invasion.
President Trump had a “firm” phone conversation with Denmark’s prime minister last week to convey his serious intentions of acquiring Greenland, according to a report citing officials privy to the talk.
Geopolitical tensions surrounding Greenland are escalating, with Russia seeking to insert itself into the American-Danish dispute. Speaking on state television, a Russian lawmaker suggested that Greenland should be divided into sections,
From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much.
Rather than appeal to Denmark’s goodwill, President Trump’s rhetoric risks trapping the U.S. in a cycle of increasing coercion.
President Trump reportedly held a “fiery” call with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen over the president’s insistence that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary for American national
The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with Germany's Welt am Sonntag published on Saturday,
For that matter, I also don’t believe that, as Yale historian Timothy Snyder warns, Trump’s Greenland bluster may be intended to enable the authoritarian imperialistic regimes in Russia and China by undermining “the international legal order” based on the sovereignty of states and the inviolability of borders—or even recycling Vladimir Putin’s arguments defending his land grabs in Ukraine.
While Trump’s schemes to impose tariffs on Chinese, Canadian, Mexican and European imports have been taken
These two disparate trends show the push and pull of a coming global land reshuffle. As the world’s population grows, the planet warms and resources dwindle, land is poised to change hands and uses at an increasing rate.
Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on board the presidential plane, said that the United States has not yet reached an agreement with Denmark about Greenland. Informs about this Gazeta.Pl .