{"id":1556,"date":"2013-09-26T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T15:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2013-09-26T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T15:47:39","slug":"iceland-says-no-to-the-eu-while-becoming-more-dependent-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/2013\/09\/26\/iceland-says-no-to-the-eu-while-becoming-more-dependent-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Iceland Says No to the EU While Becoming More Dependent on it<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en-->A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiia.fi\/en\/publication\/360\/iceland_and_europe\/?utm_source=julkaisutiedote&amp;utm_medium=s%C3%A4hk%C3%B6posti&amp;utm_campaign=FIIA+Briefing+Paper+139#.UkRUaYbIYlR\" target=\"_blank\">Briefing Paper published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs <\/a>by Alyson Bailes and me on Iceland's relations with the EU.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/files\/2013\/09\/Iceland-and-Europe-FIIA-briefing-paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1561\" alt=\"FIIA\" src=\"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/files\/2013\/09\/FIIA1.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iceland applied for EU membership in 2009 at the height of the economic crisis. Four years later, a new government has put the application on hold: the majority of Icelanders are opposed to entry, but want to continue the accession process and put the results to a vote.<\/p>\n<p>Iceland\u2019s longer-standing problems with European integration stem from the issue of sovereignty in general, and maintaining control over fisheries and agriculture in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, anti-European feelings have been stoked by the \u2018Icesave\u2019 dispute, while the prospective benefits of entry (including use of the euro) have been tarnished by witnessing the fate of other small states during the euro crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The new government proposes remaining a member of the EEA and developing relations with other world powers. But the US commitment to Iceland has weakened over the years, and \u2018rising\u2019 powers like China are unable, as yet, to solve the country\u2019s core problems.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of both its security and its standing within the global economy, Iceland is becoming more rather than less dependent on Europe over time. The question raised by the latest political turn is whether it will have to maintain that relationship from a distance, with limited control and with no guaranteed goodwill.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Briefing Paper published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs by Alyson Bailes and me on Iceland's relations with the EU. Abstract Iceland applied for EU membership in 2009 at the height of the economic crisis. Four years later, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/2013\/09\/26\/iceland-says-no-to-the-eu-while-becoming-more-dependent-on-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/baldurt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}