Arctic: Greenland’s strategic arena for greater foreign policy sovereignty
Greenland’s foreign policy representatives use the great international attention to the Arctic to appear and act as a more sovereign foreign policy actor. This is possible due to Denmark’s dependence on Greenland to maintain its “Arctic state” status and because Greenland’s foreign policy competence...
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ftkbcopenhojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/131180 2023-05-15T14:30:46+02:00 Arctic: Greenland’s strategic arena for greater foreign policy sovereignty Jacobsen, Marc 2019-12-11 https://tidsskrift.dk/politica/article/view/131180 unknown Institut for Statskundskab ved Aarhus Universitet og Syddansk Universitet https://tidsskrift.dk/politica/article/view/131180 http://politica.dk/ Politica; Årg. 51 Nr. 4 (2019): Småstat i høj sø: Danmark og Nordatlanten før, nu og fremover Politica. Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab; Vol. 51 No. 4 (2019): Småstat i høj sø: Danmark og Nordatlanten før, nu og fremover 2246-042X 0105-0710 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftkbcopenhojs 2022-03-02T23:49:50Z Greenland’s foreign policy representatives use the great international attention to the Arctic to appear and act as a more sovereign foreign policy actor. This is possible due to Denmark’s dependence on Greenland to maintain its “Arctic state” status and because Greenland’s foreign policy competence is open to interpretation. The article analyzes how representatives of shifting Greenlandic governments have expanded the foreign policy room for manoeuvre in discourse and praxis to strengthen Greenland’s position at Arctic-related events. This has been achieved by, among other things, 1) outspoken discontent in the Arctic Council, 2) tacit gestures at the Ilulissat Declaration’s 10-year anniversary, and 3) by mimicking full sovereignty at the Arctic Circle conference serving as a particularly useful platform for enhancing bilateral international relations due to its more informal setup. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Greenland greenlandic Ilulissat Tidsskrift.dk (The Royal Library, Denmark) Arctic Greenland Ilulissat ENVELOPE(-51.099,-51.099,69.220,69.220) |
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Greenland’s foreign policy representatives use the great international attention to the Arctic to appear and act as a more sovereign foreign policy actor. This is possible due to Denmark’s dependence on Greenland to maintain its “Arctic state” status and because Greenland’s foreign policy competence is open to interpretation. The article analyzes how representatives of shifting Greenlandic governments have expanded the foreign policy room for manoeuvre in discourse and praxis to strengthen Greenland’s position at Arctic-related events. This has been achieved by, among other things, 1) outspoken discontent in the Arctic Council, 2) tacit gestures at the Ilulissat Declaration’s 10-year anniversary, and 3) by mimicking full sovereignty at the Arctic Circle conference serving as a particularly useful platform for enhancing bilateral international relations due to its more informal setup. |
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Arctic: Greenland’s strategic arena for greater foreign policy sovereignty |
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Arctic: Greenland’s strategic arena for greater foreign policy sovereignty |
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Arctic: Greenland’s strategic arena for greater foreign policy sovereignty |
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Institut for Statskundskab ved Aarhus Universitet og Syddansk Universitet |
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Politica; Årg. 51 Nr. 4 (2019): Småstat i høj sø: Danmark og Nordatlanten før, nu og fremover Politica. Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab; Vol. 51 No. 4 (2019): Småstat i høj sø: Danmark og Nordatlanten før, nu og fremover 2246-042X 0105-0710 |
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