Greenland in Arctic Security

(De)securitization Dynamics under Climatic Thaw and Geopolitical Freeze

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvMarc Jacobsen,Ulrik Pram Gad,Ole Wæver

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Greenland has increasingly captivated imaginations around the globe. Yet, while it is central to the Arctic region, its role has been poorly understood. Greenland in Arctic Security delivers a comprehensive overview of how security dynamics unfold in and in relation to Greenland. Each individual chapter analyzes specific discourses and dynamics pertaining to hard or soft security questions. These span from great power interests in geostrategic infrastructure to domestic debates centered on promoting and protecting Greenland identity when engaging with the outside world. In addition, the book offers perspectives on other security questions that have been catalyzed by the effects of climate change.By combining these different analyses, Greenland in Arctic Security provides new, theoretically informed discussions on how security politics can manifest across different scales and territorial borders. At times, these politics can have consequences beyond their original intent. With Greenland geopolitics and securitization theory of current interest to political and academic debates, this book offers timely insights for readers.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-02-13
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor382
FörlagThe University of Michigan Press
ISBN9780472076703

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ContentsList of illustrations and tablesPreface1. Introduction: Analyzing Greenland in Arctic securityMarc Jacobsen, Ole Wæver and Ulrik Pram Gad2. Dangerous ice: Exploring the scales of climate change macrosecuritization through the Greenland Ice SheetKristian Søby Kristensen and Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard3. Security transfigurations across sectors: Animals, climate, and self-determination in GreenlandUlrik Pram Gad, Lill Rastad Bjørst and Marc Jacobsen4. From Peary to Pompeo: The history of United States’ securitizations of GreenlandMarc Jacobsen and Sara Olsvig5. (De)securitizing discourse and action in political talk and media presentation: The announcement of the Russian Honorary Consul’s appointment in GreenlandJulia Zhukova Klausen6. How China left Greenland: Mutually reinforcing securitization policies and Chinese mining plans in GreenlandPatrik Andersson and Jesper Willaing Zeuthen7. Denmark’s security perspectives on USA, China, and Russia in Greenland: How great power threats made Danish politicians talk about independent Greenlandic agencyMarc Jacobsen and Signe Lyngholm Lindbjerg8. Greenland's desecuritization of security and defenseUlrik Pram Gad, Sophie Rud, Marc Jacobsen and Rasmus Kjærgaard Rasmussen9. Infrastructural (re)configurations and processes of (de)securitization: the fluctuating roles and positions of airports in GreenlandFrank Sejersen10. (De)securitization, independence, and normal politics in Kalaallit Nunaat and Inuit NunangatNicholas Andrews, Joe Crowther and Wilfrid Greaves11. Conclusion: Learning from Greenland in Arctic securityUlrik Pram Gad, Ole Wæver and Marc Jacobsen

“Greenland in Arctic Security makes a substantial empirical contribution to Arctic regional studies as an up-to-date and theoretically nuanced account of Greenland’s security politics. The focus on Greenland as a polity results in an important effort in IR theorizing to move beyond the prevalent European and North American cases upon which many IR concepts are built. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of politics and security in the Arctic and beyond.”