Next on Greenland’s path to greater independence: 'Free Association'?

Greenland's constitutional relation to Denmark is strained and a Greenlandic draft constitution has been unveiled. In recent decades, discussions in Greenland about future sovereignty have increasingly returned to the concept of free association.

On this site, you will find text, audio and video content produced for and at two seminars about what free association entails. The first seminar was held in Nuuk on 24 May 2023 and was organized by DIIS and the Nasiffik Center for Foreign and Security Policy at Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland. The second seminar was held in Copenhagen 24 October 2023 at DIIS. 

Logo for University of Greenland og for DIIS
Children in Uummannaq, photo: Leiff Josefsen
Prime Minister from Cook Islands Mark Brown and Foreign Minister in New Zealand Nanaia Mahuta. Photo: Office of the PM, Cook Islands
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Seminars in Nuuk 24 May 2023 and Copenhagen 24 October 2023

To understand what future course, Greenland might be setting itself on, DIIS invites for a seminar in Copenhagen - and, in collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland organized a seminar in Nuuk. 
 

Children in Uummannaq

Forskning og aktiviteter

  • Children in Uummannaq
    DIIS, auditorium
    To understand what future course, Greenland might be setting itself on, DIIS invites for a seminar with professor Rafael Cox Alomar, expert in comparative constitutional law in the context of decolonization.
  • Children in Uummannaq
    The auditorium in Pikialaarfik (the black building next to Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland Kivioq 5, Nuuk
    To understand what future course, Greenland might be setting itself on, DIIS in collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland invites for a seminar in Nuuk
  • Children in Uummannaq
    The auditorium in Pikialaarfik (the black building next to Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland Kivioq 5, Nuuk
    For at forstå, hvad det er for en kurs, Grønland måske er ved at vælge, inviterer DIIS i samarbejde med Ilisimatusarfik/Grønlands Universitet til seminar i Nuuk

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Ulrik Pram Gad
Global sikkerhed og verdenssyn
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