Security in the Arctic

We are seeing a growing global interest in the Arctic, increased military presence and superpower competition in the region, and a new geopolitical reality. We are also witnessing a recent pause to meetings of the Arctic Council and its subsidiary bodies.

Nasiffik - Centre for Foreign & Security Policy at Ilisimatusarfik hereby invites an international audience to participate in online panels at our upcoming seminar on security dynamics in the Arctic.

Some panels are in Danish and some in English, and each include distinguished scholars and raise important questions as to how we continue to ensure security and stability in Greenland and the Arctic.

• When: 16 March 2022, at 09.30 - 15.15 (local Greenlandic time)
• Where: live-streaming on our Facebook page

Programme

09.30 - 10.00: Welcome (in Danish)

• Gitte Adler Reimer, rector, Ilisimatusarfik
• Michael Zilmer-Johns, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
• Mininnguaq Kleist, Deputy minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10.00 - 11.00: Panel 1 - Arctic security dilemmas in an international perspective (in English)

• Beixi Deng, Polar Research Institute of China
• Rebecca Pincus, US Naval War College 
• Jørgen Staun, Royal Danish Defence College
• Moderator: Camilla Sørensen, associate professor, Royal Danish Defence College

11.30 - 13.00: Panel 2 - The security situation in the Arctic (in Danish)

• Kristian Søby Kristensen, senior researcher, CMS, University of Copenhagen (online)
• Peter Viggo Jakobsen, associate professor, Royal Danish Defence College
• Camilla Sørensen, associate professor, Royal Danish Defence College
• Rasmus Leander Nielsen, head of Nasiffik – Centre for Foreign and Security Policy, Ilisimatusarfik
• Moderator: Henrik Gram Pedersen, head of Center for Arctic Security Studies, Royal Danish Defence College

14.00 - 15.00: Panel 3 - Arctic security and the implications for people living in the Arctic and Greenland (in English)

• Sara Olsvig, PhD fellow, Ilisimatusarfik
• Jeppe Strandsbjerg, associate professor, Centre for Arctic Security Studies / Ilisimatusarfik
• Whitney Lackenbauer, professor, Trent University, Canada
• Moderator: Rasmus Leander Nielsen, head of Nasiffik – Centre for Foreign and Security Policy, Ilisimatusarfik