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Henrik Larsen

Non-Resident Fellow of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

YGLN Membership Denmark

Henrik Larsen, PhD, is a non-resident fellow of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), the International Center for Defence and Security (ICDS), a political adviser at the Danish Embassy in Lithuania, and an associate expert of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center (GSSC). He was a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zürich with a focus on NATO and transatlantic security. Henrik Larsen served as a Political Adviser for the European External Action Service in Ukraine. He was previously a fellow with Harvard, Stanford and the Carnegie Endowment.

 

 

Content by Henrik Larsen

Commentary

Greenland, the United States and Arctic security: Towards a credible and principled Transatlantic response

Trump’s decision at Davos to temper earlier calls for US “ownership” of Greenland has lowered the immediate diplomatic temperature. Yet Greenland continues to occupy a central place in US defence planning and geoeconomic strategy, and the broader Arctic remains shaped by renewed Russian military activity and expanding Chinese economic interests. The underlying strategic drivers, therefore, persist, even if the rhetoric has softened. YGLN members write that this will have consequences for Europe and beyond, requiring increased cooperation and strengthening alliance cohesion.