If they materialize, Greenland will become independent, though hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States,” Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said.

The colony of Greenland has 500 Danes and 18,000 natives. The provisions of the Greenland agreement indicate that its parties are responding, not only to the interests of the United Nations as a whole ...

Greenland's relatively isolated indigenous culture finds itself increasingly exposed to the world just as Trump pushes to ...

The United States acquired Guam and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War in 1898, where the U.S. victory forced Spain to give up control of these territories through the Treaty of Paris ...

Greenland is massive — about one-fifth the size of the United States or three times the size of Texas. Its land mass is in North America, and its Arctic capital city is closer to New York than ...

Greenland as the Linchpin in an Arctic Geostrategic Framework. Two strategic lines should be drawn in the Arctic, both anchored by Greenland, combining with existing strategic frameworks to create the ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Black Ridge Viewing site in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, May 20, 2021. POOL/AFP via Getty Images The market for buying Greenland just got even colder ...

Why Greenland matters to US security. Since 1951, the United States has maintained Pituffik (formerly Thule Air Base), located in northwest Greenland, less than 1,000 miles from the North Pole.

But that doesn’t mean Greenland wants nothing to do with the United States. Officials are eager to welcome Americans and others looking to explore glaciers and mountains and engage in cultural ...

“We fully recognize that Greenland has its own ambitions. If they materialize, Greenland will become independent, though hardly with an ambition to become a federal state in the United States ...