The Race for Greenland

With his raw display of interest in Greenland, U.S. President Trump has put the island in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean at the top of the geopolitical agenda. The case for Greenland’s strategic importance in terms of economic, environmental and security policy is clear: retreating sea ice due to climate change has sparked economic interests, and growing geopolitical tensions have ended peaceful cooperation and fueled militarization in the arctic.

What is the U.S. administration’s rationale behind its provocative approach towards Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO and EU member Denmark? What do the Greenlandic general elections one month ago tell us about Greenland’s ambitions for independence? And is there a chance to harmonize Greenlandic, Danish, European and American interests?

With:

• Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute
• Sara Olsvig, International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council; Former Member of the Parliament of Denmark and the Parliament of Greenland
• Jonas Parello-Plesner, Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies (Copenhagen)

Moderation:

• Anna Schiller, Editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

Please join us as we discuss these and other questions with our distinguished speakers from Greenland, Denmark, and the United States.

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