Greenland: The Arctic Chessboard

Why the United States, China, and Russia Are Making Their Most Dangerous Moves in the North

The Island That Could Break NATO—And Why Three Superpowers Are Fighting For It

In January 2026, the United States threatened military action against Denmark—a NATO ally for 75 years—over a territory most Americans had never thought about. Within weeks, European forces deployed to Greenland to deter American invasion. The world's most powerful alliance stood on the brink of collapse.

What is happening in Greenland, and why does it matter to you?

Greenland: The Arctic Chessboard reveals the strategic battle unfolding in the Arctic that will determine the balance of global power for the next century. While the world was distracted, climate change opened shipping routes worth trillions, exposed rare earth minerals essential to modern military technology, and transformed Greenland from frozen wasteland into the most contested territory on Earth.

This is not a new crisis. It is a 160-year pattern coming to a head.

Secretary of State William Seward tried to buy Greenland in 1867. President Truman offered $100 million in gold in 1946. Every administration since has recognized what the public is only now discovering: Greenland commands the shortest routes between America and its adversaries, hosts the only Western alternative to China's rare earth monopoly, and provides irreplaceable early warning systems protecting North America from missile attack.

Inside this book, you will discover:

• Why the Northwest Passage through Canadian Arctic waters is 7,000 kilometers shorter than the Panama Canal—and how Greenland controls access to the emerging Arctic shipping lanes that will reshape global commerce
• How China declared itself a "near-Arctic state" despite being 900 miles from the Arctic Circle, and why Chinese control over Greenlandic minerals would give Beijing leverage over American defense technologies
• The secret Cold War plan to hide 600 nuclear missiles under Greenland's ice sheet—and how Project Iceworm's toxic legacy is now melting back to the surface
• Why Pituffik Space Base in Greenland cannot be replaced at any cost, and what losing it would mean for America's ability to detect Russian ICBMs
• How 57,000 Greenlanders became pawns in great power competition—and why their choice between Denmark, America, China, or independence will determine Arctic security for generations
• The real story behind the largest protests in Greenlandic history, when 25 percent of Nuuk's population took to the streets wearing "Make America Go Away" hats
• What the Davos "framework" actually achieved—and why the crisis is far from over

Written for readers who want to understand what is actually happening—not partisan talking points.

Whether you supported or opposed the Trump administration's pursuit of Greenland, this book explains the strategic realities that transcend any single presidency. You will understand why Republican and Democratic administrations alike have pursued American control, what Russia and China are doing in the Arctic right now, and what options exist beyond the binary of annexation versus status quo.

The question is not whether Greenland matters. The question is: Which superpower should control it? Denmark lacks the military power to defend it or the resources to develop it. China and Russia offer alternatives that would threaten Western security and Greenlandic democracy. The United States has the capability—but does it have the right, and would American control serve anyone's interests beyond Washington's?

This is the geopolitical crisis that will define the 21st century Arctic.

The ice is melting. The shipping lanes are opening. The minerals are being mapped. Three superpowers are positioning for control. And 57,000 Greenlanders are demanding: "Nothing about us without us."