US secures 'permanent control' of Greenland security in deal with Denmark

In the long contest over the Arctic's strategic soul, the United States has reached a landmark agreement with Denmark and Greenland that grants Washington permanent military access to the island — basing rights, overflight corridors, and a formal exclusion of Chinese and Russian presence. What began as an era of open coercion, with Washington threatening purchase or seizure, has resolved — at least formally — into a trilateral compact that each party has chosen to call a mutual benefit. The agreement, set to be signed at the UN General Assembly, redraws the quiet map of great power competition