Greenland’s Arctic advantage: Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games

• Published in: Cooperation and Conflict
• Main Author: Jacobsen, Marc
• Other Authors: Velux Fonden
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Ilulissat; Arctic Council
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010836719882476; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0010836719882476; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0010836719882476

Greenland representatives successfully use the renewed international geostrategic interest in the Arctic to enhance Greenland’s foreign policy sovereignty. This is facilitated by Denmark’s dependence on Greenland’s geographic location and continuous membership of the Danish Realm for maintaining the...