"I would advocate upping the ante on Greenland, by deploying a small trigger force to Greenland," the former general said in an email to Snopes.

On troop numbers, Starmer does not give an exact figure, but says this would be determined in accordance with military plans, and then put before the House for a debate and vote. Badenoch says it is "essential" for Nato leaders to meet, including the US, and asks if Starmer will be calling an urgent summit.

Ideas include better Arctic surveillance, more defense spending, transfers of military equipment and military exercises.

The Trump administration has repeatedly said the U.S. should be in control of Greenland, which is part of Denmark and NATO.

As global power shifts, BRICS and NATO highlight contrasting strengths - NATO’s edge lies in military cohesion, while BRICS wields influence through population scale, economic growth and its push for a multipolar world order.

A Ukrainian F-16 pilot said the initial tactics taught by NATO were based on wars that were "fundamentally different" from Ukraine's fight.

NATO was founded in 1949 to counter the threat posed to European security by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.