... political space, this time on its northern flank. Slightly more than a century ago, the international order in the Europe’s north and in the Baltic was regulated by the St. Petersburg Declaration on the Baltic signed by Russia, Germany, Sweden and Denmark, which established mutual commitments from the regional leaders to maintain the territorial and political status quo and strengthen “the ties of good neighborhood and friendship.”
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. Although the Baltic Declaration carried the ...
... perception of the Arctic dispute which predominantly deal with national jurisdiction and borders. The most heated row seems to be over the delimitation of the continental shelf in the central part of the Arctic Ocean.
Danish Surprise
Last December 16, Denmark caused a slight sensation by submitting its Arctic claims to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). According to the published papers
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, Copenhagen would like to extend its rights to an area of 895,000 square kilometers ...
On January 26, 2015, the Volketing held conference “
Current Relations between Russia, Ukraine and European Union
” organized by the Danish Helsinki Committee with courteous assistance of Zenia Stampe, legislator from the Social Liberal Party.
The event was attended by RIAC Program Manager Ekaterina Chimiris, who presented Ukraine- and Europe-related projects of RIAC (measures to build Greater Europe before 2030, new East Europe – situation analysis and Russia’s strategic...
... Vesterbyugden (near Godthaab – currently Nuuk). In 1262, the Icelandic Althing swore allegiance to the Norwegian king. Iceland together with its colony Greenland
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fell under the rule of the King of Norway. In 1397, the Kalmar Union, in which Denmark proved dominant, proclaimed the “eternal peace and union” of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Due to the Denmark-Norway union that existed from 1380 to 1814, Norway with its dependencies of Iceland and Greenland, eventually found itself ...
How to develop the energy potential of Central Asia countries?
Denmark, as other Arctic countries before it, in August 2011 published a strategy in which it set out its long-term goals and objectives in the Arctic. Designed primarily to provide the protection of its national interests, the strategy contains provisions ...
