Desecuritization as Displacement of Controversy:geopolitics, law and sovereign rights in the Arctic

• Published in: Politik
• Main Authors: Jacobsen, Marc, Strandsbjerg, Jeppe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/FacultyOfSocialSciences; Faculty of Social Sciences; Arctic; Greenland; International Relations; International Politics; Geopolitics; Postcoloniality; Arctic Ocean; Hans Island; Desecuritization; Securitization; Arktis; Grønland; Geopolitik; Postkolonialitet; Hans Ø; Arktisk Ocean; Ilulissat; North Pole; Arktis*; Ilulissat Declaration
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/desecuritization-as-displacement-of-controversy(0e6d621d-5760-4bff-abb5-36dfd99c7eed).html; https://doi.org/10.7146/politik.v20i3.97151; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/191983722/Jacobsen_Strandsbjerg_2018_Desecuritization_as_Displacement_of_Controversy_geopolitics_law_and_sovereign_rights_in_the_Arctic.pdf

By signing the Ilulissat Declaration of May 2008, the five littoral states of the Arctic Ocean pre-emptively desecuritized potential geopolitical controversies in the Arctic Ocean by confirming that international law and geo-science are the defining factors underlying the future delimitation. This h...