
Mikael Hertig, maj 2017 GPL LICENS CC0
By Mikael Hertig, M. of Sci. Pol.
The geopolitical situation

Kort ofer Canada
Canada's geographical location should play a greater role in Danish geopolitics.

Forskellige inuit-dialekter og deres udbredelse
By I, Padraic Ryan, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3074781
Initially, the opening of the new seaways north of the continents has attracted increasing attention. But the Illullisat Declaration's mantra of peaceful coexistence in every possible area is more or less shot down. Both Russia and the US will extract oil despite criticism. Russia is stocking up with armored icebreakers, bases and submarines. Tensions are on the rise, China is hardly present in the military, but is focusing more on economic infiltration in the area.
The geographical value of Greenland and Thulebase is mentioned partly by us in the West and partly as the radar and partly as the "missile shield". Perhaps it is a somewhat overlooked fact that missiles can partly protect North America and partly can be used for sending missiles against Russia and North Korea.
As long as Greenland is regarded as territory without regard to the Greenlandic population, it is partly about military strategic location, raw materials / mining and transport routes. In that situation, Greenland has not developed its own views yet, but most followed and to some extent so far found itself in Danish interest.
Looking at the supply routes, the Danish-Greenlandic relationship is problematic. When a Dane comes to Nuuk, the Danish-speaking Greenlanders very funny use the term "fly fresh" partly as a claim to the expensive cucumbers, and partly about Danes who do not understand much of anything. The point is that situational understanding is a geographically dependent discipline.
The distance to Denmark means that the supply roads are threatened in war situations, as we saw it during World War II. Greenland is located on the North American continental shelf, close to Canada, which also to some extent protects the central United States.
The importance of the Greenlandic population to Danish security policy

Inuit woman
As mentioned above, the short supply lines from Canada to the west coast of Greenland are intended as guarantees in a crisis situation where sea and air transport to and from Denmark is threatened or cut off.
There are thus really good reasons why Denmark is increasing its military and cultural cooperation with Canada as part of the development of a more independent Danish security and foreign policy.