After months of unusual diplomatic pressure, the United States and Denmark have arrived at an arrangement over Greenland's security that neither fully surrenders sovereignty nor fully satisfies ambition — a resolution that reflects how great-power competition in the Arctic is increasingly shaped by negotiation rather than acquisition. The deal grants Washington enduring influence over the island's security posture while preserving Danish and Greenlandic self-determination, at least in formal terms. Whether it marks a genuine reordering of Arctic relationships or simply clothes old arrangements