Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes

Director @PolarRPI @HS_Centre.
Fellow @UCLIRDR @ICwS_SAS.
#Commonwealth #Arctic #Nordic #Antarctic

[Next Week in Westminster @NWI_Westminster]

20. Small Business, Saving Steel, and Cyber Security.

The Commercial Payments Bill, Steel Industry Nationalisation Bill, and Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill all face key Commons and Lords votes this week.

🎧 Out later today

@marcus4nuneaton @samtarry

[Next Week in Westminster @NWI_Westminster]

New episode: 20. Small Business, Saving Steel and Cyber Security

Hear the experts @tinamckenz, UK Policy Chair @fsb_policy, and Small Business Commissioner @emmaljones on the Commercial Payments Bill.

SUBSTACK: https://t.co/GEqd1mbRHY

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

It was great to start my day in @folketinget catching up with @AajaCL, one of the two MPs representing 🇬🇱 in the 🇩🇰 Parliament. Despite how tumultuous recent weeks have been, I draw inspiration from how stoically and adeptly #Greenland's leadership just gets on with things.

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Deep in Nuup Kangerlua, the second largest fjord system in Greenland. #greenland

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Nuuk at twilight. Can you blame me for being so smitten?

#Nuuk #Greenland

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Last week, our APPG Greenland delegation from the UK Parliament met with their Greenlandic counterparts - Members of the Inatsisartut from across the political spectrum (Demokraatit, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Siumut, Naleraq) and the Foreign & Security Policy Committee.
#uk #greenland

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

@Mikaa_BM @PolarRPI So glad you were with us!

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Today, @PolarRPI turns 10! We were delighted to bring in this important milestone with Greenland's former Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond who was also at our launch back on 18 February 2016. Here we are in 2016 and in 2026!

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

On 12 May 2025, the Kingdom of Denmark assumed the Chairship of @ArcticCouncil for 2025-2027. In Nuuk, we met with the Kingdom’s chairship team to learn about its priorities; understand how Arctic cooperation continued; and explore the UK’s contribution to the Arctic Council.

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Following Greenland Energy Minister Naaja Nathanielsen's visit to the UK Parliament last month, our APPG for Greenland delegation met Nathanielsen again in Nuuk to better understand the situation on the ground and stand in solidarity with Greenland and its people. #uk #greenland

[Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) @PolarRPI]

Few people have had as eventful a year as #Greenland’s phenomenal Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt. Our cross-party delegation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland in the #UK Parliament was delighted to meet her, reaffirm our solidarity with the people of Greenland and present @Naalakkersuisut with the Greenland tartan.

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Few people have had as eventful a year as Greenland’s phenomenal Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt. Our cross-party delegation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland was delighted to meet her and reaffirm our solidarity with the people of Greenland.

#uk #greenland

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

It was a pleasure for our #UK cross-party delegation to meet the President and Director of the Inatsisartut, Kim Kielsen and Steen Lynge, earlier this week, express our solidarity with the people of #Greenland and present the Greenland tartan as a symbol of that solidarity.

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Here is my open letter to Trump published on @arctic_today this morning. I had written it before Davos for Davos, but I believe much of it is still relevant - and I hope useful. So much can happen in just a day!

https://t.co/9Y0iBC8BNr

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

In my latest piece for @arctic_today, I discuss what a U.S.-Greenland Compact of Free Association might entail & how, if it arises as a fallback option, Greenland & Denmark could transform it into a win-win scenario, not a compromise, for all concerned.

https://t.co/CDpWnkcb0e

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Yesterday, the APPG for Greenland hosted Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland's Minister for Business, Mineral Resources, Energy, Justice & Gender Equality for a Parliamentary briefing with MPs and Lords, followed by a press briefing, in the UK Parliament.
https://t.co/n47sOvNjnM

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

In @arctic_today, I urge @realDonaldTrump to consider that setting up a modern-day equivalent of the Marshall Plan & an economic NATO, both geared toward economic development, would be more effective at securing U.S. interests in Greenland than annexation. https://t.co/XNLLbFvYHH

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

In @nytimes, I call on @realDonaldTrump to move from talk of annexation to creating instead an "economic NATO" & his own version of the Marshall Plan that provides joint financing for strategic projects in Greenland & boosts its economic competitiveness.

https://t.co/l9yFOUeT55

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

Two weeks ago, I was pleased to moderate a panel on 'Cooperation for Economic Development in the Arctic', hosted by @PolarRPI and @Naalakkersuisut at @AESymposium in Alaska, the largest annual Arctic convening in North America. @DanishMFA @KoDArctic

[Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes @Dwayne_Menezes]

By bequeathing her collection to the Chateau-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, my dear friend @alicerogoff has catapulted France’s largest fishing town to the fore of the art & museum world as one of the leading centres of Alaska Native art.

https://t.co/jrliKXR2aV