Heldagskonference om Arktis i EUs nye globale strategi

The conference will be conducted in English.

The conference will be livestreamed.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on

https://conferencemanager.events/TheArcticAhead/sign-up.html

And do so no later than Tuesday 19 January at 12.00 noon.

EUs nye globale strategi

In June 2016, the European Union will launch a new Global Strategy for its Foreign and Security Policy.

By assessing challenges and opportunities in today’s world, the Global Strategy will “forge a stronger and more effective EU foreign policy and engage the public on debates about foreign policy.”

Against this background, the first half of this year is devoted to a reflection and outreach process across all EU member states on the priorities of the new strategic document.

This event, co-organized by the Danish Institute for International Studies, the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, constitutes the Danish contribution to the EU Global Strategy and will focus on the Arctic.

Arktis i fremtiden

The world’s Northernmost region is getting warmer – both climatically and politically.

We can expect a significant increase in activities in the Arctic in the decades to come, and the EU has a strategic interest in ensuring a stable, prosperous, safe and sustainable North.

In such an environment, states cooperate constructively, peoples prosper, and new potentials for transit and natural resources are managed effectively with respect for international law.

The EU is a strategic partner to the Arctic region: by strengthening concrete cooperation the EU and the Arctic can grow even closer ties.

The conference will debate the Arctic in a global perspective and look into the future, at the benefits and potentials that a peaceful Artic can deliver to peoples and countries alike.

Talere

– Kristian Jensen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark
– Nathalie Tocci, Special Adviser to the HR/VP Mogherini
– Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor at the Arctic Yearbook, Strategist for Outreach and Indigenous Engagement at the University of Saskatchewan
– Andrei Zagorski, Head of Department at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
– Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues, the European External Action Service (TBC)
– Kristian Søby Kristensen, Deputy Director of Centre for Military Studies, UCPH
– Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute in Washington
– Michael Linden-Vørnle, Chief Adviser, National Space Institute, DTU
– Tine Pars, Rector of the University of Greenland
– Antonio Missiroli, Director, European Institute for Security Studies
– Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen, Arctic Ambassador of The Kingdom of Denmark
– Mikkel Runge Olesen, Postdoctoral researcher, DIIS
– Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher and Head of Research Area Foreign Policy, DIIS

Program

Læs videre på

http://www.diis.dk/event/the-arctic-ahead-safe-secure-and-sustainable