Maybe if the parties involved are equal but if they are not then eminent domain / you have to do this is just the way it is. If the state I live in says a road / utility line has to go thru for the greater good, here’s your check now move along. Great powers, more powerful countries sometimes just make things as they want. The difference between the US and Russia, China, etc… is the reasons why, how we treat those we make do as we want and the how we make our will done upon others, particularly in this situation. Plenty of examples where we could have done better. Not saying we are perfect, not saying the effort to “acquire” Greenland or just change the status quo is without criticism or risk but we can’t let the other powers into the Arctic more than they already are. This is our Golan Heights, we just have to have a greater say in what happens there. No apologies, not backing up and not going away. Working with us is way better than not.