By Danica Kirka, Stefanie Dazio And Lorne Cook Location, location, location: Greenland\u2019s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world\u2019s largest island a key part of security strategy. Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make sure his country controls the mineral-rich island that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America. Trump\u2019s repeated demands for the territory and threats to take it by force have rattled the NATO alliance and discomfited European allies who have long relied on the U.S. as a partner in their defense. Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally that has rejected Trump\u2019s overtures. Greenland\u2019s… <\/p>\n
By Danica Kirka, Stefanie Dazio And Lorne Cook Location, location, location: Greenland\u2019s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world\u2019s largest island a key part of security strategy. Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make sure his country controls the mineral-rich island that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America. Trump\u2019s repeated demands for the territory and threats to take it by force have rattled the NATO alliance and discomfited European allies who have long relied on the U.S. as a partner in their defense. Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally that has rejected Trump\u2019s overtures. Greenland\u2019s... <\/p>\n