From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in ...

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at precisely the moment when Russia, having just lost the Crimean War, was ...

The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.

The President-elect’s brand of America First isolationism has always sat awkwardly with his Napoleonic tendencies.

Greenland is an autonomous island country and territory of Denmark. Both the Danish prime minister and Greenlandic premier have said Greenland is not for sale. However, Trump, citing national security ...

In the lead-up to his inauguration, President Donald Trump identified a surprising priority: Greenland. Trump wants to ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win back the ...

America’s 20th and 19th century expansionists would have been delighted by the president-elect’s proposed land grab.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has taken note of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's statements about Greenland and Canada, and stands by the international principle that borders must not be moved by ...

At a news conference on Tuesday, the president-elect took an even more surprising swerve: He refused to rule out using military force to get Greenland. France and Germany are taking Mr. Trump ...