Greenland, the EU, NATO, and Transatlantic Relations Today
Fri., January 30, 202612:45 - 2:05 pm ET
Hybrid In-Person and on Zoom
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University Campus
*Please note that Chatham House Rules will apply for this event, and the event will not be recorded.*
Refreshments provided for in-person attendees.
About the Event
The Trump Administration continues to claim that Greenland must become part of the US. Danish and European Union leaders seem conflicted about how to respond. What is the strategic importance of Greenland and the Arctic, in general? What does the struggle over Greenland really mean? What role does Greenland play for Denmark, within the EU, and within NATO? What role do fossil fuels and critical minerals play within the Trump Administration’s ambitions for Greenland? Could Greenland simply assert its sovereignty and independence instead? What does taking over Greenland actually mean? Join a group of experts to learn more about the broader context of this fraught moment in transatlantic relations.
About the Speakers
Jytte Klausen is the Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation at Brandeis University and an Affiliate at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. She is the author of four books on European politics and social integration, including The Cartoons That Shook the World (Yale University Press, 2009), about the global protests against the publication of satirical drawings of the Muslim Prophet in a Danish newspaper. Her recent book, Western Jihadism: A Thirty-Year History (Oxford University Press, 2021), was runner-up for the 2022 Airey Neave Prize, which recognizes significant non-fiction contributions to understanding terrorism. Her recent work focuses on the development of an evidence-based model of radicalization pathways taken by individuals who commit politically-motivated mass casualty attacks.
Jack Weinstein, Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret.), is a Professor of the Practice of International Security at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Prior to arriving at the Pardee School of Global Studies, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration at Headquarters United States Air Force, located at the Pentagon. His command assignments include the 2d Space Warning Squadron (space-based missile warning) at Buckley AFB, Colorado; the 90th Operations Group (ICBM operations) at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming; the 30th Space Wing (space and test launch operations) at Vandenberg AFB, California; and 20th Air Force and Task Force 214 (ICBM mission) at U.S. Strategic Command, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming. From 1997 to 1998, he served as the Operations Officer for the 12th Space Warning Squadron at Thule Air Base, Greenland (renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2023). In 2005, he deployed to Southwest Asia as Director of Space Forces for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Jan-Werner Mueller is Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton. His publications include Democracy Rules, What is Populism?, and Constitutional Patriotism.