Un-Diplomatic

Un-Diplomatic

Greenland and the New Settler Colonialism: Network-State Geopolitics

Un-Diplomatic
Jan 14, 2026
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The anti-democratic “technocracy movement” of the 1930s (of which Elon Musk’s father was a member) proposed annexing Greenland.

When Trump administration officials say that the US fixation on Greenland is an extension of the Monroe Doctrine—imperialism in Latin America—they’re fundamentally correct. Greenland is both a settler-colonial and neocolonial p…

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