Mail & Guardian3dOpinion
The wrangling over Greenland holds a mirror to modern geopolitics
Greenland is not an island; it is a mirror — a reflection of the most pressing issues of our time: power, resources, ...
Politico Europe12d
Trump joins history’s long line of suitors coveting Greenland
America’s 20th and 19th century expansionists would have been delighted by the president-elect’s proposed land grab.
The American Spectator10d
Greenland Does Not Have to Be Trump’s Folly
William H. Seward, President Abraham Lincoln’s secretary ... Seward also attempted to buy Greenland from Denmark but failed. Obviously, Seward has had the last laugh. Ultimately, what matters ...
Alaska: A JACKPOT full of oil and gold, here’s how US bought it from Russia
Russia had decided to sell Alaska, but the question was: how would America buy it? At the time, most Americans couldn’t ...
Alaska Dispatch News9dOpinion
Opinion: Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
How and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the United States 150 years ago is actually two tales and two ...
Trump’s Greenland gambit spotlights geopolitical tussle over the Arctic
As climate change accelerates Arctic ice melt, opening up new shipping routes and resource extraction opportunities, ...
Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining ...
The Conversation14d
Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
This is the article we published then, with minor updates. On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession.