The Geopolitics of Greenland and The Arctic ...
The paper analyzes the geopolitics of the Arctic which is dominated by military and security aspects, the climate change with new shipping routes, significant resources, and by Greenland with its independence debate. Eight Arctic States have territory in the Arctic Circle: United States (Alaska), Ru...
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Universität Osnabrück
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.48693/465 https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-2024020210404 |
| Summary: | The paper analyzes the geopolitics of the Arctic which is dominated by military and security aspects, the climate change with new shipping routes, significant resources, and by Greenland with its independence debate. Eight Arctic States have territory in the Arctic Circle: United States (Alaska), Russia, Canada, Iceland, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) is the world’s largest island with 2,186,000 square kilometers and approximately 56,000 inhabitants. Greenland is geologically a part of North America, but belongs politically to Europe. It is the largest Arctic landmass (as the North Pole consists of ice only) and its location between Canada and Russia explains its geostrategic importance. After the end of the cold war, an institutional framework was established for the Arctic Region; the Arctic Council is the most important with the eight Arctic States, observer states and non-governmental organizations, in particular Inuit organizations like the Inuit ... |
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