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: Danish
• Published: Institut for Statskundskab, Københavns Universitet 2017
• Subjects: Arctic International Relations in a Widened Security Perspective; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; North Pole; Ilulissat; Ilulissat Declaration
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/97151; https://doi.org/10.7146/politik.v20i3.97151

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...