If you missed the recent DIMS conference On Thin Ice – Climate Change and Arctic Security in the 21st Century or want to study the presentations in detail, the conference is now available online here on DIMS’s blog.
1st session: Geopolitical Environment – Which Factors shape Arctic Politics?
Leif Toudal Pedersen (Senior Researcher, Danish Meteorological Institute): The Cold Facts – 2 Scenarios for Climate Change in the Arctic
Scott Borgerson (Visiting Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations): The Great Game Moves North
Sven G. Holtsmark (Deputy Director, Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies): Arctic security – cooperation or confrontation?
2nd Session: Russian, Chinese, and American Interests in the Arctic Great Game
Jakub M. Godzimirski (Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs): Russia in the Arctic
Nan Li (Associate Professor, US Naval War College): China’s Arctic Interests
3rd Session: Greenland in a Changing Arctic
Pia Vedel Ankersen (University of Greenland): Greenlandic Politics: Liberal Modernity and the Communitarian Counter-revolution
Nils C. Wang, (Rear Admiral, Admiral Danish Fleet): Operational Challenges in the High North – Perspectives for the Danish Armed Forces in Greenland 2030
Clive Archer, (Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University): The 51st State? Greenland between Danish and American Ambitions in the Arctic
4th Session: Key Note
G. John Ikenberry (Professor, Princeton University): Arctic Geopolitics in a Broader Security Perspective
