Greenland meltdown: what does Trump’s quest mean for the global order and China?

US President Donald Trump’s accelerated push to seize Greenland has transformed a once-quirky idea into a full-blown diplomatic crisis, with observers warning it could deal a near-fatal blow to the post-war transatlantic order. Trump’s refusal to rule out the use of America’s military to control the autonomous Danish territory – coinciding with the US-led Group of Seven’s effort to de-risk from China’s rare earth dominance – also risks forcing Europe to recalibrate its ties with Beijing because...