International | The struggle for the Arctic
The icy cold war America is busy losing
Its weakest flank isn’t Greenland, but around Alaska
Oct 16th 2025 | Adak, Aleutian Islands
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Its weakest flank isn’t Greenland, but around Alaska
International | The struggle for the Arctic
The icy cold war America is busy losing
Its weakest flank isn’t Greenland, but around Alaska
Oct 16th 2025 | Adak, Aleutian Islands
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Key maps show the growing strategic importance of Greenland as Arctic ice melts under global heating

Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard

US President Donald Trump’s recent statements about the need to acquire Greenland caused considerable division within the…

In spring 1941, Denmark’s ambassador signed a treaty giving the U.S. military access to Greenland to help protect the island from…

A summit between Greenland, Denmark and Washington has done nothing to calm our fears as the US steps up its efforts to take…

While America is focused on Greenland, there is another country which is crucial to Nato and Arctic security. Could this be the…