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Gabriella Gricius

@ggricius.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Konstanz - Fellow & Media Coordinator at NAADSN, the Arctic Institute, and YGLN. I study Arctic security and expertise. PhD in Political Science from Colorado State University

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Three new ZENiT Fellows in 2026 selected

Really happy to announce that I was selected alongside some excellent colleagues to be a ZENiT Fellow for the next three years!

www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

02.03.2026 05:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

28.02.2026 07:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The fragmented Arctic: Comparing Arctic security public opinion in Russia and the A7 | Polar Record | Cambridge Core The fragmented Arctic: Comparing Arctic security public opinion in Russia and the A7 - Volume 62

I'm happy to share a recently published article with Will Greaves, where we present an original dataset of 164 public opinion polls across the Arctic from 2007-2024 that illustrates the fragmentation of the Arctic into two distinct blocs.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

27.02.2026 13:39 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Why are major powers competing for control of the Arctic? The Arctic has become a strategic focal point for countries, lying at the intersection of climate and geopolitical challenges. Climate change has sharply accelerated this transformation.

The US has long been a "really reactive power," increasing its attention as other actors expanded their presence, observed @ggricius.bsky.social with @lemonde.fr

www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

17.02.2026 06:32 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Northern Connections: The European Arctic by 2035 As the rules-based order unravels in the European Arctic, experts examine three critical dimensions shaping the region by 2035: Europe's strategic vision, Greenland's future, and the role of military ...

Two of our members, @ggricius.bsky.social and Andreas Raspotnik, contributed pieces to the Center for Strategic and International Studies ( @csis.org) latest #NorthernConnections on the EU and the Arctic and rising military activity

www.csis.org/analysis/nor...

11.02.2026 10:56 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Russia's Arctic shadow war: How Moscow’s most-probed front fuels its Ukraine invasion Norway’s Svalbard fiber optic cables — a pair carrying vital Arctic satellite data from SvalSat, the world’s largest commercial ground station — thread through waters dangerously close to Russia’s rea...

"We are seeing increasing hybrid attacks — critical infrastructure sabotage, disinformation, operation of the shadow fleet, espionage attempts, cyber attacks — in differing areas across the European Arctic," says @ggricius.bsky.social

kyivindependent.com/russias-arct...

10.02.2026 13:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Auf dünnem Eis Der Grönland-Deal wirft viele Fragen auf – in der Arktis stehen Europas Handlungsfähigkeit und die Zukunft der NATO auf dem Spiel.

@ggricius.bsky.social writes on the Greenland situation for our German speakers:

www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...

30.01.2026 06:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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EXCLUSIVE: Greenland. One Way to Blow Up Transatlantic Relations | Wyoming Star Greenland is not supposed to be the place where the Atlantic alliance unravels. It’s icy, sparsely populated, politically cautious, and for decades it has ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with ...

🇺🇸🇩🇰🇬🇱Learn more about Trump's Greenland gambit in the recent Wyoming Star piece with @anderswivel.bsky.social, @marcjacobsen.bsky.social, Dr. James Goldgeier, analyst Sam Bourgi, and @ggricius.bsky.social.

wyomingstarnews.org/2026/01/26/e...

#USA #Denmark #Greenland #politics #economy #analytics

26.01.2026 20:17 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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EXCLUSIVE: Greenland. One Way to Blow Up Transatlantic Relations | Wyoming Star Greenland is not supposed to be the place where the Atlantic alliance unravels. It’s icy, sparsely populated, politically cautious, and for decades it has ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with ...

@ggricius.bsky.social spoke to Wyoming Star News on how the Greenland incident, while seemingly calm for the moment, may cause long-term damage to the Alliance.

wyomingstarnews.org/2026/01/26/e...

27.01.2026 06:20 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Peter Cardwell | 20-Jan-26
YouTube video by TalkTV Peter Cardwell | 20-Jan-26

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqah...

21.01.2026 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Д-р Габриела Гришиус: Твърденията на Тръмп за заплахи за Гренландия от Русия и Китай не са убедителни - bTV Новините

btvnovinite.bg/predavania/1...

21.01.2026 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Donald Trump: Deshalb ist Grönland für ihn geopolitisch so wichtig | Nau.ch Donald Trump will Grönland übernehmen. Wie wichtig ist die Insel geopolitisch wirklich? Und: Droht sie – ohne USA – Russland oder China in die Hände zu fallen?

You can listen/read some recent comments I've given below in English and German on the topic in more depth with
Talk TV, Nau.ch and bTV Media Group

www.nau.ch/news/ausland...

21.01.2026 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

U.S. interest in Greenland is long-standing and primarily driven by homeland defense considerations, but everything the US needs for its defense is already covered by the defense agreement between Denmark, Greenland, and the U.S.

21.01.2026 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The so-called Russian and Chinese ships or military threats to Greenland are not real. There are Russian and Chinese ships in the Bering Strait, on the opposite side of the U.S. This idea that is driving a so-called US need for the purchase of Greenland is purely manufactured.

21.01.2026 06:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's already been a busy start to the new year, with many Greenland-related inquiries. So to say the obvious:

Greenland is not for sale. Greenlanders do not want to be a part of the US, and respecting their self-determination is the most important message.

21.01.2026 06:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Denmark Has ‘Fundamental’ Differences With U.S. Over Greenland, Diplomat Says

@ggricius.bsky.social said the Trump administration’s claims that Russian and Chinese ships are circling the island are “just not true. The Russian and Chinese ships are not, in fact, in the North Atlantic... They’re in the Bering Strait."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

15.01.2026 05:57 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Canada Must Be Wary of Its Southern Neighbor, Say Researchers Last year, US President Donald Trump's ambitions to expand US territory included Greenland, but also Canada, as 'the 51st state.' The Trump Administration's recent reinforcement of its desire to take ...

Canada Must Be Wary of Its Southern Neighbor, Say Researchers @ggricius.bsky.social and Mathieu Landriault @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social via @highnorthnews.bsky.social

www.highnorthnews.com/en/canada-mu...

11.01.2026 16:14 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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US threats push Greenland towards the EU – not to rejoin it While Trump's plans to annex Greenland may bring Nuuk closer to Brussels economically, experts explain that support for full EU membership remains limited

While the US's plans to annex Greenland may draw Nuuk closer to Brussels, support for full EU membership remains limited. Whatever course the island takes, the decision is its own - with comments from @ggricius.bsky.social and Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard

newunionpost.eu/2026/01/12/t...

13.01.2026 05:56 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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UK Troops In Ukraine…But Only Under A Peace Deal Podcast Episode · Newscast · 01/06/2026 · 39m

You can also listen to @ggricius.bsky.social discuss the historical background of Greenland on BBC's #Newscast

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

08.01.2026 06:28 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Good morning! We're sharing a new piece out by Fellow @ggricius.bsky.social

08.01.2026 06:19 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump’s Greenland threats should be taken seriously but it is not for sale | USAPP Trump’s threats are dangerous not only for the people of Greenland, but also for Denmark and for the integrity of the NATO alliance.

Trump’s Greenland threats should be taken seriously but it is not for sale writes @ggricius.bsky.social of @uni-konstanz.de blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

07.01.2026 17:38 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Sharing Strategic Geography: The Nordics Amid a Changing Security Reality As the security environment in northern Europe is rapidly changing, the North should now be considered as having a shared strategic geography, writes Postdoctoral Fellow Gabriella Gricius in this op-e...

In a new op-ed with @highnorthnews.bsky.social, I make the point that the Nordics now have a shared strategic geography. This comes with opportunities and challenges.

www.highnorthnews.com/en/sharing-s...

09.12.2025 12:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Nansens nordområdeseminar 2025: Nordisk balansegang i Arktis - Fridtjof Nansens Institutt På årets Nansens nordområdeseminar undersøker vi hva slags samarbeid, spenninger og strategier som former nordisk politikk i nord i dag.

If you'll be in Oslo this week (December 3-6), reach out for a coffee as I'll be at Fridtjof Nansen Institute's Nansens nordområdeseminar 2025.

www.fni.no/events/nanse...

01.12.2025 07:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Desecuritizing the arctic: Maritime governance in the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage Arctic maritime routes such as the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the Northwest Passage (NWP) are often framed as geopolitical flashpoints in news media…

Third, I published an article in Marine Policy on desecuritizing tactics by #Russia and #Canada in the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage. While Russia uses technical-economic framing, Canada adopts a low-key approach.

Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

01.12.2025 07:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Nordic States, NATO and the EU in Arctic Security This timely book explores the nuances of the Nordic states’ approach to security in the Arctic and their relationships with NATO and the EU. Challenging generalisations of the Arctic as peaceful and s...

Second, Andreas Raspotnik and I wrote a chapter for the newly published 'The Nordic States, NATO and the EU in Arctic Security' on the EU and the Arctic - analyzing how the EU can/should act in the Arctic with many different pathways before it.

Read it here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...

01.12.2025 07:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

First, Nicholas Glesby and I wrote a piece for the Arctic Yearbook on #NATO in the Arctic in the 2020s. We offer important framing work for how the Alliance has acted across the different parts of the region.

arcticyearbook.com/images/yearb...

01.12.2025 07:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Happy December! I'm excited to share three publications that dropped last week (and today) that have been in process for some time, and I'm thrilled that they are all out in the world and, more importantly, open-access!

01.12.2025 07:07 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

With contributions from NAADSN members including Lin Mortensgaard, Rikey Hauksdottir, Iselin Nemeth Winther,
Jason C. Moyer, @ggricius.bsky.social, @alinabykova.bsky.social, and Whitney Lackenbauer - amongst many other fantastic authors

01.12.2025 06:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Experts navigate shifting roles of security, politics in Arctic Circle The Rocky Mountain Collegian Homepage

“When we talk about climate change, when we talk about geopolitical competition, the Arctic isn’t just by itself. We can’t take it out of the world and remove it from everything that is happening,” said @ggricius.bsky.social with the Rocky Mountain Collegian

collegian.com/articles/fea...

20.11.2025 06:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New semester, new great lineup for our #InternationalStudies seminar with amazing speakers at @uni-konstanz.de

➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social
➡️ Fabio Franchino
➡️ Livia Schubiger
➡️ Kenneth Schultz
➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social
➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social

17.10.2025 12:09 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0