India, Jan. 8 -- President Donald Trump's renascent interest in Greenland has resurfaced a raft of global attention to Arctic geopolitics but as the U.S. weighs Greenland's strategic value and economic promise, officials stress the goal is negotiating position and partnership, not invasion. With a population of about 56,000, Greenland is at the center of vast natural resources, a strategic military location, and self-rule over Denmark.

Greenland is located in the Arctic region holding the position of the world's largest island and it spans over 2.2 million square kilometers (836,000 square miles), which is equivalent to the total land mass of the territories of Saudi Arabia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined. Nearly four-f...