scientific article published on 01 March 2006
Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war.
In a speech to military leaders from the region, To Lam said that distrust and a lack of respect for established rules had created a culture of “the big fish swallowing the small fish.”
The Pentagon is in talks with Denmark for access to three more areas on the Arctic island. Several Greenlanders said they didn’t like the idea.
In Denmark’s election, it was local issues, not Greenland or foreign policy, that counted. That hurt the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.
Since President Trump made threats about Greenland, the continent’s leaders have debated the rapid deterioration of U.S. ties in policy papers and at dinner.
