Greenland has re-emerged as a geopolitical flashpoint after remarks by US President Donald Trump, who said, “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security”. Trump’s comments come a day after the US conducted a major military operation in Venezuela, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a surprise intervention that sent shockwaves across the globe. These statements made by the US President, have raised alarm in Denmark, which is responsible for the defense of Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory. The leaders of Denmark and Greenland have both urged Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland. Yet the episode underlines how Greenland’s strategic value has grown sharply in an era of great-power competition.
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