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Foreign Policy Live

Why Greenland Matters

Foreign Policy Live

Foreign Policy

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland has brought a geopolitical hot spot—the Arctic—back into the fore. Host Ravi Agrawal is joined by Heather A. Conley, one of the leading experts on the region, to hear more. Plus, One Thing from Ravi on China’s latest military purge. Casey Michel: Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe Imran Bayoumi: Trump’s Greenland Threats Paper Over a Lack of Arctic Strategy Christina Lu: Greenland’s Rare Earths Aren’t All That Stephen M. Walt: What Spheres of Influence Are—and Aren’t Michele Barbero: To Protect Greenland, Europe Kicks Into High Gear Deng Yuwen: As Generals Fall, Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Is Eating Itself Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.4

So if you think about the biggest global story in the past 10 days, it was something policymakers

1:17.4

never imagined they'd have to think about, the United States forcing Denmark to sell

1:23.2

Greenland.

1:24.2

And it feels like the story has just come and gone.

1:45.7

The drama came to a boil last week in Davos, where Donald Trump first said he wanted immediate negotiations on the issue, and then hours later backed off his announced tariffs on Europe. But amid that roller coaster, a substantive topic has really been under discussed.

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