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An island, home to fewer than 60,000 people, 80 percent of which is covered in ice, has now become the very centre of the latest geopolitical struggle – Greenland.

The White House has said "a range of options" are being explored to "acquire" the Danish territory, including the use of force.

European leaders have condemned that approach, but is the Trump White House taking any notice? And just how is this all likely to play out?

Joining Juliet Mann on this edition of The Agenda are Marc Jacobsen, Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defense College and an expert in Arctic security politics and diplomacy; Dr Darren Reid, Assistant Professor of History from Coventry University; Tillie Martinussen, a former member of Parliament in Greenland; and economist Jeffrey Sachs.

Will the US take over Greenland – and what's behind the threat?

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