Can a country legally buy another country? What’s the argument for trying to buy it? And, is the rationale rooted in reality?

The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining histories.

Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control of Greenland.

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

Trump, believe it or not, isn’t the first president or elected U.S. official to propose buying Greenland. William Seward, the Secretary of State responsible for purchasing Alaska from Russia in ...

Seward’s ice box, and Johnson’s polar bear garden proliferated. William H. Seward, Secretary of State 1861-69. (Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons) Unfortunately, the idea of Seward’s ...

Greenland is not an island; it is a mirror — a reflection of the most pressing issues of our time: power, resources, sovereignty. The more Trump proceeds with restoring his Arctic ambitions, the greater the need to look behind headlines and to get used to the deeper meaning of this glacial temptation.

Greenland is covered by the world's second-largest ice sheet, beaten only by Antarctica. Under this vast expanse of ice lies a hidden world of colossal canyons, prehistoric plant remnants, and even traces of human activity. In northwestern Greenland, the buried ruins of a US military research base remain concealed beneath the frozen surface.

President Trump has recently expressed a desire to expand American territory to include Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even all of Canada, and said he cannot rule out using military force. This would make the United States the largest country in the world,

America and Greenland share a continent. They both have water on their East and West sides. The cost of living and number of airports is different, as is the size of their populations and their ...

Greenland’s prime minister weighed in on President-elect Trump’s proposal to acquire the island territory, arguing that the nation intends to keep working toward independence from Denmark ...

As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his proposal to expand U.S. control over Greenland, many of his allies in the MAGA movement have defended the move in conventional foreign policy terms.