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title: "The Greenland Crisis is Over. Was It Worth It?"
description: "Washington secured new bases and a formal veto on Chinese investment, but Denmark was never going to refuse either. The real price of two years of threats was allied trust, not territory."
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  - name: Simon Whistler
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Washington secured new bases and a formal veto on Chinese investment, but Denmark was never going to refuse either. The real price of two years of threats was allied trust, not territory.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/the-greenland-crisis-is-over-was-it-worth-it/.
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