Why Greenland matters now

Greenland and the wider circumpolar Arctic are no longer peripheral concerns to observers of geopolitics, but are now central sites of geopolitical, economic, and environmental contestation. Focusing on Greenland, this lecture will trace how debates over military basing, mineral extraction, Indigenous self-determination, and environmental protection have become tightly intertwined. 

Gabriella Gricius, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz, Senior Fellow at the Arctic Institute, and Fellow at the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, will show that Greenland offers a critical lens through which to understand broader shifts in Arctic order: how alliances adapt, how local actors navigate external pressures, and how environmental change is transforming what "security" means in the twenty-first-century Arctic.

Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

Greenland

international diplomacy

Diplomacy and foreign affairs

Arctic