Analysis: Trump's threats could test NATO Echoes of 1812 war with Canada threats When asked at a news conference in the capital Nuuk on Monday about expanding US military capabilities on the island, Mr Egede said: "Greenland's independence isGreenland's business, al...
Greenland sits off the northeastern coast of Canada, with more than two-thirds of its territory lying within the Arctic Circle. That has made it crucial to the defense of North America since World War II, when the U.S. occupied Greenland to ensure that it didn’t fall into the hands ...
the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, as more than 100 servicemembers and multiple aircraft conducted drills in frigid conditions as cold as minus 29 degrees Fahrenheit.The exercises — called Operation Noble Defender — took place from Jan. 28 until Feb. 11 atPituffik Space Base, w...
In just two weeks, from Greenland to Canada, and then to the Panama Canal, Trump's remarks on these regions have continuously stirred up public opinion and sparked verbal disputes.The United States has rarely had territorial claims on other countries after World War II, let alone an elected ...
Population. The population of Greenland in 1970 was 47,000, of which about 90 percent were Eskimo natives. This figure does not include personnel at US military bases (as much as 2,000–4,000). There was a rapid growth in the population (1945 population, 21,000) after World War II ...
and Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning hassaidit will “always respect Panama’s sovereignty over the canal and recognize the canal as a permanently neutral international waterway.” (AsThe Associated Press explained, unless Trump goes to war with Panama, his threat to take over the c...
airing their grievances at theEuropean Court of Human Rights. Some Greenlanders were wary of continued U.S. involvement because the United States had stored nuclear bombs on the island during theCold Warwithout Greenland’s knowledge, despite a Danish ban on such weapons; additionally, in 1968 ...
(800 km) of theNorth Pole. Greenland is separated fromCanada’sEllesmere Islandto the north by only 16 miles (26 km). The nearest European country isIceland, lying about 200 miles (320 km) across theDenmark Straitto the southeast. Greenland’s deeply indented coastline is 24,430 miles (...
It sounded like a revival of 19th century gunboat imperialism, or at least a throwback to the global system that dominated before World War II —“spheres of influence,” in which great powers dominated their regions and smaller countries knuckled under. ...
The U.S. has a poor track record in sharing power with minority nations, and it would be no different for Greenland under President Trump. And as for the threat of invasion, this would involve one NATO member attacking another, theoretically triggering a war between the U.S. and its ...