A better U.S. strategy for Greenland than annexation

The Arctic is becoming a theater of strategic competition, and Greenland sits at its center. As Russia expands its military footprint in the High North and China declares itself a “near-Arctic state,” the United States faces a practical question: How can it secure durable access to one of the most strategically valuable territories in the world without destabilizing alliances or assuming new governance burdens? The answer is not to annex a place that does not want to become part of the United States...