The US, Denmark and Greenland reach a deal giving Washington permanent military access to the island, with no transfer of sovereignty

Germany

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Berlin is primarily focused on easing the tensions within NATO caused by months of pressure from Donald Trump on an ally, rather than just a bilateral agreement between Washington and Copenhagen.

Argentina

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Buenos Aires interprets the agreement as a de facto redefinition of Greenlandic sovereignty: Washington obtains permanent military control, a veto right over any adverse presence, and exclusivity of sensitive investments, while Copenhagen and Nuuk insist on the formal maintenance of their territorial authority.

Australia

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Canberra is scrutinizing an agreement that locks in Greenland's access to Washington's strategic rivals, seeing in this Arctic setup a mirror of its own competition with Beijing in the Indo-Pacific.

Belgium

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Brussels is weighing the compromise between permanent American security control and Danish sovereignty sealed by the agreement on Greenland.

Brazil

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Brasília distinguishes the triumph proclaimed by Donald Trump from the Danish version, which is more measured, emphasizing the maintenance of Greenlandic sovereignty and the island's right to self-determination.

Canada

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Ottawa views the Washington-Copenhagen-Nuuk agreement first and foremost as a strengthening of US military presence in the Arctic, where Canada shares borders and continental defense with the United States through NORAD.

Chile

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Santiago sees the Greenland agreement first and foremost as a security lock that shuts the Arctic off to China and Russia, rather than as a sovereignty settlement between allies.

China

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Beijing notes that the agreement specifically targets China and Russia as "adversaries" to be excluded from sensitive investments and any military activity in Greenland, according to a US source cited by Chinese media.

Denmark

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Copenhagen is primarily concerned that the Danish crown retains sovereignty over Greenland: the government of Mette Frederiksen emphasizes that the agreement "recognizes the territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the right of the Greenlandic people to self-determination", in the face of "permanent control" claimed by Donald Trump.

Spain

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Economic rivalry and influence networks around Greenland · 2 of 27 countries

Spain measures the Greenlandic agreement through the economic prism opened by Brussels: while Washington secures bases and access to minerals without spending a euro, the European Union maintains its own investment plan on the island.

United States

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Relaying Washington's announced security victory · 2 of 27 countries

The United States claims a total security victory in the Arctic, which it says was achieved without any cost or concession of American sovereignty to negotiate.

Finland

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Helsinki views the Greenlandic agreement first and foremost as a piece of the emerging Arctic competition, with its bases, minerals, and maritime routes, rather than as a settlement of the island's status.

France

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Discrepancy between announcement and confirmed content · 5 of 27 countries

Paris detects in the agreement an American retreat dressed up as a victory, with the sovereignty of Greenland and Denmark remaining, according to the French press, the real stake preserved in the face of Donald Trump's triumphant announcements.

Hungary

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Budapest is first focusing on the end of an unprecedented crisis between NATO allies: the Hungarian press details how the agreement closes, without any transfer of territory, the diplomatic conflict opened by Trump's threats to take Greenland by force.

India

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

New Delhi notes that sovereignty remains formally Danish, even as Washington obtains permanent security control over Greenland.

Israel

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Relaying Washington's announced security victory · 2 of 27 countries

Israel takes away from the American-Greenlandic agreement a flawless security model: a minor ally placed under the permanent protection of a great power, with a formal ban on access for any external actor deemed hostile.

Italy

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Rome sees Donald Trump's announcement as a strategic Arctic lock: permanent military access for Washington, and a closed door to China and Russia on the Greenlandic island.

Lithuania

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Economic rivalry and influence networks around Greenland · 2 of 27 countries

Vilnius gauges the Greenlandic agreement in light of its own history as a small nation neighboring a great power, between displayed guarantees of sovereignty and financial influence networks revealed behind the scenes.

Mexico

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Reaffirming Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty · 8 of 27 countries

Mexico City is gauging the scope of an agreement that, without a formal transfer of sovereignty, grants Washington permanent military control over Greenland — a precedent that the local press reports with the caution of a country that is itself a direct neighbor of the United States.

Norway

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Discrepancy between announcement and confirmed content · 5 of 27 countries

Oslo is weighing the Greenland agreement in light of its own Arctic border, between the ongoing NATO exercise around the island and the skepticism of an expert regarding the actual scope of Trump's announcements

Pakistan

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Islamabad is first and foremost measuring the security dimension of the agreement concluded on Friday between Washington, Copenhagen, and Nuuk, which locks out Russia and China's military and financial access to Greenland.

Romania

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Bucharest sees in the agreement confirmation of an American doctrine: to lock down the Arctic against Russia and China, a reflex that Romania, the eastern flank of NATO, recognizes as its own in the face of Moscow.

United Kingdom

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Discrepancy between announcement and confirmed content · 5 of 27 countries

London is scrutinizing the agreement in light of the clause that excludes Russia and China from Greenland, more so than Donald Trump's remarks about a territory of "infinite life".

Russia

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Moscow takes away from the US-Danish agreement on Greenland less a clarification of sovereignty than an exclusion clause explicitly targeting Washington's rivals, Russia and China, which are now excluded from any base or sensitive investment on the island.

Singapore

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Securing the Arctic against China and Russia · 10 of 27 countries

Singapore first prioritizes the security lock of the agreement: the explicit exclusion of Washington's adversaries from any base or investment in Greenland, more than its diplomatic aspect.

Sweden

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Discrepancy between announcement and confirmed content · 5 of 27 countries

Stockholm is examining the US-Danish agreement in light of its own military presence on the island, where about forty Swedish soldiers are participating this week in the Arctic Shield exercise alongside eleven NATO countries.

Turkey

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Discrepancy between announcement and confirmed content · 5 of 27 countries

Ankara is dissociating Donald Trump's triumphalism from the still unsigned text, a caution that recalls the months of tension provoked within NATO by American threats against an ally.