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FIA Projects

Projects


Ongoing projects

2025-2028
The Faroe Islands, Greenland and the Great Powers: The Defence and Security Strategies of the Faroes and Greenland Amidst Great-Power Rivalry (FIGG)

FIA participants: Heini í Skorini, Tór Marni Weihe

In the context of enhanced great-power competition in the region, the Faroe Islands and Greenland experience growing pressure from rivalling great powers who seek to influence the region both economically and politically. The Faroe Islands have long-standing economic and fishery cooperation with Russia while China is a key export market for Greenland and a serious contender for new investments in Greenland. However, both Greenland and the Faroes are members of NATO via Danish membership. With a particular emphasis on the US as the most vital security ally, this project will examine new Faroese and Greenlandic security strategies, the relationship with Denmark and how increasing great-power rivalry shapes the opportunity structures for sub-state entities such as the Faroes and Greenland.

Concluded projects

2024
FASAD: The Faroe Islands, Small States and the Alliance Dilemma

FIA participants: Heini í Skorini, Tór Marni Weihe

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Western countries have been forced to reconsider their economic dependence on Russia. From the late 1970s, the Faroe Islands has adopted bilateral fishery agreements with Russia, and during the last 15 years, export to Russia has significantly increased. However, the growing economic dependence on Russia has triggered both internal and international criticism. What are the security implications of closer cooperation with Russia in a period characterised by growing great power rivalry in the region? To what extent is it possible to separate trade, economic policy and security policy? As part of the NATO alliance, what dilemmas confront Faroese authorities when economic interests and security considerations pull in different directions?

Download the policy brief From Crimea to Kyiv: Mapping Faroese-Russian Relations here.

2022-2023
New Nordic Security Network

FIA Participants: Heini í Skorini, Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen