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https://doi.org/10.65243/s.10.1.4.
NATO Disputes: U.S.-Denmark Tensions Over Greenland and the 1974 Cyprus Parallel
Toma Gruica
; Sveučilišta obrane i sigurnosti "Dr. Franjo Tuđman"
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This paper examines the escalating geopolitical crisis between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark over the status of Greenland during the 20252026 period. Driven by the “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative and a global race for critical minerals, the current U.S. administration has transitioned from traditional alliance-building to a posture of strategic assertiveness, including the implied necessity of annexing Greenland. The analysis highlights how this “intra-alliance predation” challenges the foundational premise of Article 5 and the rules-based international order. To assess the potential for resolution, the paper draws a historical parallel to the 1974 Cyprus crisis between Greece and Turkey, which demonstrated NATO’s institutional paralysis and inability to arbitrate territorial disputes between its own members. The paper contrasts the Danish “Everything stops” doctrine and Greenland’s independent Arctic strategy with the “hedging” response of NATO Secretary General Mark
Rutte. Ultimately, the Greenland crisis is presented as a definitive test of NATO’s identity, whether the alliance remains a values-based community or has devolved into a pragmatic security arrangement where smaller states’ sovereignty is secondary to the strategic interests of the lead power.
Ključne riječi
Greenland, NATO, Cyprus, Article 5, EU-U.S. Relations
Hrčak ID:
349017
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Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2026.
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