Europe is facing a ”soul-searching question” regarding the future of Greenland: Should it compromise with hegemonic requests or firmly defend its own sovereignty, interests and international rules? After the US’ attack on Venezuela, it has put Greenland on its chopping board. Just as the European version of Politico said, ”If European governments didn’t realize before that Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland were serious, they do now.”
Now within Europe, many voices are discussing ”what choices we have,” and no matter how conflicted these voices may sound, the very notion of ”facing choices” implies a degree of weakness and appeasement toward hegemony. This only reinforces Washington’s determination to acquire Greenland. Europe’s scattered and disjointed ”opposition” regarding the Venezuelan crisis is perhaps one of the catalysts for Washington’s recent escalation of threats against Greenland and its arrogant declaration that ”Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.” The think tank, European Council on Foreign Relations, pointed out in an article, ”Accommodating may preserve short-term transatlantic harmony, but it would reward coercion.” Läs ledaren