{"id":8620,"date":"2017-02-14T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T15:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/spurningin-um-sjalfstaedi-graenlands\/"},"modified":"2017-02-14T16:01:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:01:38","slug":"spurningin-um-sjalfstaedi-graenlands","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/spurningin-um-sjalfstaedi-graenlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Greenlandic state would not become independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0<strong>Why a Greenlandic state would not become independent<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday 24 February from 12:00-13:00 at the Nordic House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Should Greenland one day become a state? A Greenlandic state without armed forces will be dependent on another stakeholder for its defence and won&#8217;t be able to attract foreign investments that could pose a challenge for its security provider. Is Greenland able to become a state? How would a Greenlandic state be able to handle security, monetary and foreign affairs? Do Greenlanders really want a state? How could Greenlanders feel more independent, building a state that could give them less power than today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damien Degeorges<\/strong> is the director of <em>Degeorges Consulting ehf.,<\/em> a communication and strategy consultancy in Reykjav\u00edk, and has been following Greenlandic affairs for the last 15 years. He was notably freelance correspondent for the Greenlandic newspaper <em>Atuagagdliutit\/Gr\u00f8nlandsposten<\/em> and taught international politics at the University of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The meeting will be moderated by <strong>Page Wilson<\/strong> who will also give an introductory talk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page Wilson<\/strong> is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Iceland. \u00a0In 2014, she was the first native English-speaking academic to be appointed on a permanent basis to the University of Greenland. \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The event will be in English and is open to all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\">www.nordichouse.is<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caps.hi.is\">www.caps.hi.is<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8616 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"72\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 328px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 328\/72;\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8623 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/57dfce9a6bfde.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"120\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 291px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 291\/120;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Why a Greenlandic state would not become independent Friday 24 February from 12:00-13:00 at the Nordic House Should Greenland one day become a state? A Greenlandic state without armed forces will be dependent on another stakeholder for its defence and won&#8217;t be able to attract foreign investments that could pose a challenge for its security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8618,"template":"","event-categories":[7,99],"class_list":["post-8620","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","event-categories-the-nordic-region-in-focus","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/8620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=8620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}