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Great power politics in the Arctic are intensifying. Both of the Arctic great powers, the US and Russia, and the self-proclaimed ‘near-Arctic’ great power, China, are assigning growing geostrategic and geoeconomic importance to the region and are strengthening their presence. The launch of the new Arctic strategy from the US Department of Defense in June 2019 makes it clear that the US sees Arctic politics and security through a prism of ‘great power competition’. The strategy is pointing to Russia and in particular China. This development puts the small powers of the Arctic eager to maintain low tension and strong multilateral cooperation in the region under considerable pressure. At this seminar Associate Professor Camilla T. N. Sørensen (Royal Danish Defence College) and Senior Researcher Mikkel Runge Olesen will present their new report on insights and experiences from Finland, Norway and Iceland on how to assess and deal with the intensifying great politics in the Arctic. In so doing, the report aims to inform the current updating of the Arctic strategy of the Kingdom of Denmark. Afterwards, leading Arctic journalist Martin Breum will moderate a broader discussion on the findings of the report as well as on the developments and challenges facing the Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic these years.
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