Greenland's Arctic advantage:Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games
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...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/90639212-3b21-4516-bbeb-503dd573dbe5 2024-09-15T17:50:17+00:00 Greenland's Arctic advantage:Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games Jacobsen, Marc 2020 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/greenlands-arctic-advantage(90639212-3b21-4516-bbeb-503dd573dbe5).html https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836719882476 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Jacobsen , M 2020 , ' Greenland's Arctic advantage : Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games ' , Cooperation and Conflict , vol. 55 , no. 2 , pp. 170-192 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836719882476 /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/FacultyOfSocialSciences Faculty of Social Sciences Greenland Denmark Arctic International Relations sovereignty Sovereignty games diplomacy paradiplomacy Governance Sub-state actors Quasi states discourse analysis Ethnography Grønland Danmark Arktis Suverænitet Suverænitetsspil diplomati international politik paradiplomati diskursanalyse etnografi article 2020 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836719882476 2024-09-02T14:28:58Z 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 status of an Arctic state, which recently has become one of the five most important security and foreign policy priorities. The dependency gives Greenland an ‘Arctic advantage’ in negotiations with Denmark, while turning circumpolar events into strategic arenas for sovereignty games in the aim to move the boundary of what Greenland may do internationally without Danish involvement. This article analyzes how these games unfold in the Arctic Council, at the high-level Ilulissat meetings and at circumpolar conferences where Greenland representatives articulate, act and appear more foreign policy sovereignty through outspoken discontent, tacit gestures and symbolic alterations. Altogether, this contributes to the expanding of Greenland’s foreign policy room for maneuver within the current legal frameworks, while enhancing Greenland’s international status and attracting external investments, important in their striving towards becoming a state with full formal Westphalian sovereignty. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Council Arktis Arktis* Greenland Grønland Ilulissat University of Copenhagen: Research Cooperation and Conflict 55 2 170 192 |
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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 status of an Arctic state, which recently has become one of the five most important security and foreign policy priorities. The dependency gives Greenland an ‘Arctic advantage’ in negotiations with Denmark, while turning circumpolar events into strategic arenas for sovereignty games in the aim to move the boundary of what Greenland may do internationally without Danish involvement. This article analyzes how these games unfold in the Arctic Council, at the high-level Ilulissat meetings and at circumpolar conferences where Greenland representatives articulate, act and appear more foreign policy sovereignty through outspoken discontent, tacit gestures and symbolic alterations. Altogether, this contributes to the expanding of Greenland’s foreign policy room for maneuver within the current legal frameworks, while enhancing Greenland’s international status and attracting external investments, important in their striving towards becoming a state with full formal Westphalian sovereignty. |
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Greenland's Arctic advantage:Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games |
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Jacobsen , M 2020 , ' Greenland's Arctic advantage : Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games ' , Cooperation and Conflict , vol. 55 , no. 2 , pp. 170-192 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836719882476 |
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