Greenland
The fight over the future of the Chagos Islands
Westminster, London Donald Trump might be determined to acquire more US land – here in Britain, however, our leaders are…
Portrait of the week: Jenrick sacked, Chinese super-embassy approved and Trump makes a grab for Greenland
Home President Donald Trump of the United States made Britain and other countries dance to his tune. Sir Keir Starmer,…
Arctic role: what does Trump really want from Greenland?
Donald Trump has probably not read Machiavelli, even the short one, The Prince. Machiavelli’s most famous advice was that it’s…
Could military service become morally untenable for Catholics?
During his lengthy interview with the New York Times, President Trump was asked if there was anything that could check his…
Trump’s credible threat at Davos
The headline from Trump’s Davos speech is clear: I won’t use military force to take Greenland. That’s what the President…
The truth about Britain’s claim to Greenland
Every time Donald Trump repeats his threats towards Greenland, a familiar claim does the rounds that the UK has ‘first…
Trump’s Greenland caper will heighten inflation
On February 24, Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union speech of his second term as president.…
A buyer’s guide to Greenland
I recently wrote a book countenancing the idea that the United States could buy Greenland, and I have received some…
Why would anyone want to rule Greenland?
It was the Viking, Erik the Red who, in AD 986, first saw Greenland’s potential. He wanted to colonize his…
The case for annexing Greenland
What do you think: is it manifest destiny that the United States acquire or at least exercise control over Greenland?…
Greenland, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico… who will US target next?
When the earthquake is big, the porcelain rattles far and wide. And that’s exactly what’s happening now… in Cuba, Colombia,…
How the US military became world experts on the environment
In its bid to become a global superpower, the US vastly increased its number of overseas bases in the 1960s, giving it unparalleled knowledge of Earth’s most extreme habitats
Give Trump’s realism a chance
In one place at least, the reaction to Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal has…
Why are the sailors who first braved the Atlantic so often ignored?
Long before Columbus crossed the ocean in 1492, the Phoenicians had discovered the Azores, and by the year 1000 Norse men and women were eking out an existence in Greenland
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to buy Greenland
When the news broke of Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland from the Danes for strategic, mining and perhaps golf…
Donald Trump goes Fox hunting
Has Donald Trump outfoxed himself? In the past few days Trump has been lashing out at the network for publishing…
