The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to ...

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others ...

Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give ...

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff President Donald Trump has mused several times over the years about “buying” or ...

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...

Rather than appeal to Denmark’s goodwill, President Trump’s rhetoric risks trapping the U.S. in a cycle of increasing ...

The US president-elect’s designs on Greenland may seem like just another of his many eccentricities. Yet important questions hang in the balance, including what the US will do with the island if ...

While American expansion hasn’t been discussed much in recent times, the proposal to buy Greenland makes more sense if one understands the history of the Arctic. Buying the island would aim to ...

These can serve as a template for harnessing Greenland’s vast mineral wealth to the benefit of its citizens, with the understanding that American administration of the island will substantially ...