Publication

Mar 2017

Around 2012-2013, there were those who anticipated a “scramble for Greenland,” especially by Russian and Chinese mining interests. OK, so why didn’t it happen? The authors of this brief, after looking at why this story arose in the first place, believe that Danish media played an important part in hyping up this possibility and that it may actually have deterred Beijing from further investing in Greenland.

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Author Halvard Leira, Benjamin de Carvalho
Series NUPI Policy Briefs
Issue 43
Publisher Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Copyright © 2017 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
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