The world’s largest island sits in the Arctic Circle and is strategically and economically valuable. Arctic Geopolitics: Why Greenland Matters for U.S. Security and Rare Earths
Both of these articles are worth reading for the details of the many issues involved. I am in no way advocating President Trumps handling of this situation; too big a topic to handle in a single blog post!
But the vital issues surrounding Greenland's importance in geo-political stradegy, ship trade routes, worldwide satellite tracking and information, submarine tracking, Ballistic Missle defence, and precious and rare mineral deposits, are worth being informed about. These articles discuss these facts in calm and rational detail.
At the very least, defending and securing Greenland as a valuble resource for Western/NATO countries is a conversation that Western/NATO countries should be having.
