Greenland Leader Urges Preparedness Amidst NATO's Arctic Security Expansion

In a move to shore up security of the territory, Denmark and seven other Nato countries last week deployed a handful of officers on the island as part of the Operation Arctic Endurance. Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command will now expand the military exercises to potentially run year-round, a Greenlandic newspaper reported. The US President has threatened to impose new tariffs from February 1 on the eight Nato allies that are sending military personnel, escalating tensions between Washington and Europe. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Europe would have to respond if the tariffs are implemented and that there could be “major consequences” on both sides of the Atlantic. “If a trade war is launched against us, which I cannot recommend, then we must of course respond. We would be forced to do so,” she said during a question and answer session in the Danish parliament. “I hope we do not get to that point. I hope that we succeed in convincing the Americans that this is not the path we should take.”