What Does it Really Mean to be a U.S. Territory?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of U.S. territorial governance and the perspectives of leaders on democracy and self-determination in U.S. territories.

Trump's threats to forcibly take control of Greenland brought to the headlines the alarming notion of the United States seeking new territories, from a European ally. But the United States already faces pressing issues of territorial control and governance. In this podcast, we share the perspectives of two leaders who work on democracy, equity, and self-determination issues in current U.S. territories. Why does the United States hold territories? How are they governed? And what does the contr...

People in this episode

Guest: two leaders

Topics covered

• U.S. territories
• democracy
• self-determination
• governance
• territorial control

Keywords

• U.S. territories
• Greenland
• democracy
• self-determination
• governance
• territorial control

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Greenland, United States

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