How a dispute over China and Greenland’s airports worked its way toward a solution
ANALYSIS: The abrupt intervention of Danish authorities into a planned airport expansion raises questions about the limits of Greenland's self-determination — and the United States' role in Greenland.
If you look at a map of the Arctic you will notice soon how humongously large Greenland is. It is the world’s largest island., at more than 2,100,000 square kilometers (more than 836,000 square miles). The southern tip is more than 2,500 kilometers (more than 1,500 miles) from its northern twin.
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