Il Caso Groenlandia: La “Nuova” Frontiera dell’Artico

With Donald Trump’s re-election as the 47th President of the United States, Greenland has once again become a focal point on the U.S. agenda. Following his highly publicized 2019 attempt to acquire the territory, Trump, even before his official inauguration on January 20, 2025, reaffirmed his strong interest in Greenland, highlighting its strategic significance. In recent statements, he even hinted at the possibility of taking more assertive measures should an economic agreement with the Danish government fail, calling Greenland “an absolute necessity” for the United States. American interest in Greenland is far from new. Well before Trump’s 2019 proposal, made in the final stretch of his first term, there had been previous attempts by the U.S. to purchase the island from Denmark. Beyond retracing the history of U.S.-Greenland relations and shedding light on the enduring reasons behind Washington’s interest in the world’s largest island, this article examines the extent to which sovereignty, borders, and treaties hold firm in contemporary international relations—particularly when economic and geostrategic interests, often framed as matters of national se- curity, take precedence.