Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the ...

"We need Greenland for national security and even ... land first arrived to set up residency. It was not until World War II that the U.S. established a presence on the island, when then-Danish ...

The U.S. occupied and developed Greenland during World War II and undertook serious efforts to purchase it from Denmark in 1867, 1910, and 1946.

The United States has maintained a military presence on Greenland since World War II, with a small missile defense base at the top of the island. “The U.S. is here to stay,” Mr. Fencker said.