By Eric Vandenbroeck and co-workers

The Islands Caught in Global Crosshairs

Greenland, the world’s largest island, has been in the news a lot lately amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated promises to wrest control of the territory from Denmark. But it’s far from the only island that is a geopolitical flash point.

Greenland:

The Country With Nothing Left to Lose: In its quest for cash, the tiny island nation of Nauru has tried it all. Its latest scheme may be its riskiest bet yet:

The Country With Nothing Left to Lose:

In its quest for cash, the tiny island nation of Nauru has tried it all. 

A fisherman is silhouetted at sunset at the northern end of the airport runway on the coast of Nauru:

 

The Island Stuck in Limbo Fifty years after partition, a divided Cyprus somehow manages to get by:

Taiwan: People walk past a Taiwanese flag in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Jan. 13, the day of the island’s presidential election:

 

Okinawa Is in the Crosshairs of China’s Ambitions:

 

 

 

 

 

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