Greenland Pivots to North America on Its Path to Independence


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(Bloomberg) -- There’s a reason former US President Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, and it wasn’t to save the polar bears. As the autonomous territory inches toward its goal of full independence from Denmark, it’s hoping its many resources — from minerals, to a burgeoning strategic significance — will help draw it into the sphere of less traditional partners to its west. Its newly published blueprint for foreign, security and defense policy offers a glimpse into what that future may look like. Although Greenland brushed off the former US president’s overtures back in 2019, it makes clear that it...