Join us at DIIS to hear how maritime routes and great power rivalry is affecting Arctic security and development.
Tuesday 22 October 2024, 14.00-15.30
Location: DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International Studies, Gl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A, 2100 Copenhagen
We have heard that great power rivalry has come to the Arctic. Not least increasing confrontations between Russia and the US, but also China. Denmark stands in the middle and has to align with the rest of the commonwealth on issues related to security and development in their part of the Arctic.
At the same time, the melting ice is changing the region’s navigational and operational conditions with consequences for commercial and security policy actors, as well as climatic impact. It also creates the potential for new maritime routes, and sparks different interests among the region’s actors.
Denmark will take over the chairmanship for the Arctic Council in 2025. Even though the Danish commonwealth currently has no Arctic strategy, it is clear that the commonwealth has commercial and security policy interests in the Arctic, not least in the maritime domain.
What are the geopolitical, legal and economic implications of the developments we are seeing at the moment – for Denmark, for peace and security in the Arctic? In this seminar, three specialists provide us with possible answers.
The seminar is the second of three DIIS seminars on maritime security. It is organised by DIIS and Maritime Research Alliance. Watch or re-watch the first seminar on maritime security in the South China Sea.
Stay tuned for the next seminar about security developments in the Baltic Sea, which will take place in January 2025.
Speakers:
Thomas Roslyng Olesen, Head of Secretariat, Maritime Research Alliance
Jessica Larsen, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard, PhD student, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Stella Ebbersmeyer, PhD student, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council
Programme
14.00-14.05 Welcome, Thomas Roslyng Olesen
14.05-14.15 Introduction, Jessica Larsen
14.15-14.30 Sea ice, icebreakers and presence: where geopolitics and climate change meet, Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard
14.30-14.45 A legal perspective on tensions in the Arctic, Stella Ebbersmeyer
14.45-15.00 Arctic economies in global markets, Mads Qvist Frederiksen
15.00-15.30 Q&A
Practical information
The seminar will be held in English. Participation is free of charge but registration is required via our registration form. Livestreaming via this page does not require registration. The livestreaming will appear with a link on this page just before the seminar starts. You will be able to watch the seminar recording afterwards as well.