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Location, location, location: Greenland\u2019s position<\/a> above the Arctic Circle makes the world\u2019s largest island a key part of security strategy.<\/p>\n

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make sure his country controls the mineral-rich island<\/a> that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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