Thesis
The geopolitics of climate change in Greenland: superpowers and small states
- Abstract:
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This dissertation asks why and how Greenland became a focal point of U.S.–China competition between 2009 and 2021. The answer is climate geopolitics: the anticipated impact of long-term climate change on geography and its implications for national power, interest, and strategy. I posit that the anticipation of future climate change can have significant geopolitical consequences before the salient geophysical impacts actually arrive. Under certain conditions, this can give small polities subst...
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+ Crookes, P
Role:
Supervisor
+ Mitter, R
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0003-4190-6629
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
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English
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- Deposit date:
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2022-10-13
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Freymann, E
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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