The recent White House meeting between officials from Greenland, Denmark and the US highlights the island’s delicate balancing act. Historical ties, modern aspirations, and the projection of global power are playing out in the Arctic, where climate, commerce, and sovereignty are tightly interwoven. Greenland stands firm in the face of an encroaching superpower. It is “not for sale, but open for business,” says Ulrik Pram Gad, Senior Researcher at Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)