Greenland’s Arctic advantage
Articulations, acts and appearances of sovereignty games
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8911641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Jacobsen (0000-0002-1544-9404, Department of Social Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 170-192 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836719882476 |
| OpenAlex | W2982215802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 24 |
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
Arctic · Circumpolar star · Economics · Economy · Expansionism · Foreign policy · Geography · Glacier · Greenland ice sheet · Physical geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Geology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology
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The Danish Realm in the Arctic
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Introduction
Greenland
The Arctic
Imperializing Norden
Sovereignty Regimes
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Territoriality and beyond
From states to polities
European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games
| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |