Marc Jacobsen
Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence CollegeMarc Jacobsen is an associate professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, where he serves as head of research at the Centre for Arctic Security Studies. He earned a PhD in International Politics from the University of Copenhagen in 2019 and has since been affiliated with the Danish Institute for International Studies, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Greenland. His research focuses on diplomacy, security and foreign policy in the Arctic, with particular emphasis on the Kingdom of Denmark. He has published widely on these topics, including co-editing Greenland in Arctic Security (with Ole Wæver and Ulrik Pram Gad, 2024).
Articles by Marc Jacobsen
Politics
How Trump’s new Greenland deal locks China out
Trump’s Greenland deal falls short of full control, but it cements a crucial shift: turning informal curbs on Chinese and foreign economic influence into formal security policy. Academic Marc Jacobsen analyses the changes that entails.
Marc Jacobsen
05 Oct 2026