Open Dialogue Research Journal
Paris and Berlin have quietly moved to the center of an escalating geopolitical drama in the Arctic, coordinating a European response to what the Trump administration has framed as a “national security priority”: the acquisition of Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark. What began as provocative rhetoric from Washington has, […]
On January 20th, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, broke Canada away from its till-now enslavement to the U.S. Government, and went way beyond saying a very firm “No!” to Trump’s demand that Canada become another U.S. state. He explained […]
Strong local resistance to foreign mining The reason why Greenland has become an issue between the United States, Denmark and Icelanders is global warming. That has led to a stand-off between the US and Denmark, and local Icelanders. Greenland is semi-autonomous, has its own parliament, and is governed today by […]
Donald Trump’s recent intervention in Venezuela and renewed musings about acquiring Greenland are not isolated blips of erratic behaviour. They are emblematic of a deliberate worldview in which power is exercised unilaterally, international rules are optional, and alliances exist only as long as they serve immediate interests. For Europe, these […]
Part I Since 2021, the EU has had a comprehensive Arctic strategy. In 2024 it opened a permanent office in Greenland, underlining that Brussels sees the island not as a remote appendage but as a strategic partner. The strategy prioritizes cooperation in renewable energy, space-based surveillance, and adaptation to climate […]
He did it to Iran, which refused to have any nuclear weapons — and so he invaded in order that “Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” He did it to Venezuela. He threatens it to Greenland and Denmark. He had promised to end all wars, but has instead continued […]
In January 2025, the New York Post published an article with the provocative title “The Doctrine of Donro. Trump’s Vision for the Hemisphere”, which examined the bold and pretentious statements of the newly elected president, who went to the White House for the second time. At that time, he predicted […]
International law likes to speak about principles, but it prefers silence when those principles are violated by the very power that claims authorship over them. The recent episode involving Venezuela has become yet another illustration of this long-standing reality: in a world governed by the “rule of the strong,” norms […]
The Trump administration’s mania about Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, is something to behold. Its untutored thuggery, its brash assertiveness, and the increasingly strident threats to either use force, bully Denmark into a sale of the island, or simply annex the territory, have officials and commentators scrambling for theories […]
Both Greenlanders and the Danish Government have now stated unambiguously that no purchase price that might be paid to Greenlanders and/or to the Danish Government will induce them to accept Greenland’s becoming a part of, or in any way controlled by, the U.S. Government. But the U.S. Government is now […]
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