Greenland, Iceland and the meltdown of the old order in the North Atlantic

格陵兰、冰岛及北大西洋旧秩序的崩溃

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2025-05-06

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Contributor(s): Professor Gudni Jóhannesson, Professor Kristina Spohr | President Trump’s determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland has generated great interest in the future of the world’s largest island and its surrounding regions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic. While Trump's offhand idea of purchasing Greenland is preposterous, it jolted the Danish government and its European NATO/EU allies. At the same time, the evident US-Danish tensions may have increased the Greenlanders’ resolve to move faster towards full independence in the not-too-distant future. Iceland is Greenland’s closest neighbour in Europe. In 1944, Iceland declared full independence from Denmark, at a time when Greenland was still a Danish colony. When the Icelanders severed their final ties with their erstwhile masters in Copenhagen, there were doubters among the Great Powers about this small nation’s ability to stand on its own feet in a bipolar world. Similar words can be heard today about the capabilities of some 57,000 Greenlanders and their national aspirations when so many have their eyes on the Arctic. This event will focus on the current position and future developments of these two countries in the Arctic and the North Atlantic at large.
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  • My name is Geoffrey Schwerath.

  • I'm Professor of International Relations and Head of Department in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • i'm very pleased to welcome everyone in our online audience and those of you in person to the malaysia auditorium today we are pleased to be joined by our speaker professor goodney johansson who is the professor of history at the university of iceland and from 2016 to 2024 was the president of iceland our discussion today is christina spoor who is a professor of international history here at the lsc today's event is titled greenland iceland and the meltdown of the old order in the north atlantic And we'll focus on the current position and future developments of Greenland and Iceland and the North Atlantic at large in light of President Trump's determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland.

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