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Sea routes, resources, military supremacy: Why Greenland is so important

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Published: January 9th, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

US soldiers at Thule Air Base, the northernmost base of the US Air Force, on the northwest coast of Greenland, October 8, 2019.
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It is not the first time that US President-elect Donald Trump has irritated the world with his desire to seize Greenland. Yet he can already do whatever he wants there, says security expert Michael Paul from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. „In last year’s Greenland Arctic strategy, Greenland – and therefore also Denmark – expressed the wish for increased American involvement and investment,“ says Paul. This would also ease the burden on their own national budget.

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