Comment on “Denmark Summons Acting U.S. Ambassador Following Reports of Intelligence Expansion in Greenland” [in Japanese]
On May 9, 2025, a comment on the Asahi Shimbun article “Denmark Summons Acting U.S. Ambassador Following Reports of Intelligence Expansion in Greenland” by Professor Maiko Ichihara (Graduate school of law) was published. The article reports that, following revelations that the Trump administration had ordered increased intelligence operations in Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Acting U.S. Ambassador Godfrey to request an explanation. Professor Ichihara stated that if the Trump administration is conducting intelligence activities related to Greenland’s independence movement with the intention of using that information to incite the movement through influence operations, such actions would be entirely in line with the tactics employed by Russia and China—and therefore cannot be overlooked.
