Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Professor MSO Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political Science University of Copenhagen
[email protected] Greenland Geopolitics: Globalisation and Geopolitics in the New North Background Paper for the Committee for Greenlandic Mineral Resources to the Benefit of Society Peer reviewet: Ulrik Pram Gad, Center for Advanced Security Theory Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen, Center for Militær Studier Copenhagen, December, 2013 Table of Contents Findings ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4 One Globalisation and Two Geopolitics ......................................................................................... 5 Airstrip North ............................................................................................................................... 8 Greenland below the military horizon .......................................................................................... 13 Mining for independence ............................................................................................................. 18 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................. 25 References ..................................................................................................................................