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European troops have deployed to Greenland in a historic "Arctic Sentry" mission to deter US President Trump’s threats to acquire the territory, sparking an unprecedented internal NATO crisis.

The ice sheets of Greenland have become the unlikely stage for the world’s most dangerous geopolitical standoff. European military personnel, including French and potentially British units, have touched down in Nuuk in a rapid deployment operation dubbed "Arctic Sentry." Their mission? To deter the United States—a NATO ally—from acting on President Trump’s threat to acquire the territory by force.
What began as a diplomatic absurdity has hardened into a military reality. Following a tense meeting in Washington where Danish officials rejected US overtures, President Donald Trump doubled down, declaring that the US "needs Greenland for national security" and explicitly refusing to rule out military options. Europe has blinked, and then mobilized.
The deployment of European troops to defend a NATO territory against the leader of NATO is unprecedented. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has termed the defense of Greenland a "common concern," signaling that Copenhagen is no longer treating Trump’s rhetoric as bluster.
This escalation follows the recent US special forces raid in Venezuela, which demonstrated Trump’s willingness to use hard power in the Western Hemisphere. The administration views the Arctic as an extension of this sphere of influence. "We are seeing the Monroe Doctrine on steroids," notes a defense attaché in Brussels. "If the US can seize a tanker off Venezuela, they believe they can plant a flag in Nuuk."
For Africa and the Global South, the implications are chilling. If the sovereignty of a European nation like Denmark can be threatened by its strongest ally, the concept of territorial integrity is under siege globally. The rules-based order is melting faster than the glaciers they are fighting over.
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