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Explaining Non-Arctic States in the Arctic Council

Strategic Analysis, 2016
AbstractHow has the role of observers in the Arctic Council evolved and why is there increased interest in participation by states and international institutions? This article examines the influence and interest of observers in international institutions. The Arctic Council is an international institution founded in 1996 to promote Arctic environmental
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The Arctic Council in Arctic Governance

2019
In this chapter the Council’s role in the governance of the Arctic is discussed. The working groups have accumulated unique expertise through their regular assessment of Arctic issues. However, the agreements and guidelines created under the umbrella of the Council are limited in scope.
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Developments in the Arctic Council

The Yearbook of Polar Law Online, 2014
The Arctic Council is currently going through fundamental changes. Despite some criticism since its establishment by the Ottawa Declaration in 1996, the Council has evolved towards an efficient body able to address the emerging challenges and issues posed by the great transformation taking place within and outside the Arctic rim.
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The Arctic Council’s Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment

2010
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) is a follow-on effort to the Council's Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and Arctic Marine Strategic Plan, both released in November 2004. The AMSA 2009 Report, a policy document that has been negotiated by the eight Arctic States, focuses on Arctic marine safety and marine environmental protection which fit the ...
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Diplomacy and the Arctic Council

2020
When the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over the Crimea region erupted in 2014, serious concerns were raised as to the implications and impacts of this conflict on Arctic cooperation. Through Ukraine is not in the Arctic region, it is a partner state of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the defence treaty alliance originally set up to counter the ...
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Canada and the Arctic Council

International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, 2012
INTRODUCTIONThe Arctic Council is a high-level, mainly intergovernmental forum for cooperation, coordination, and interaction among Arctic states,1 indigenous groups, and interested parties of two issue areas, sustainable development in the Arctic and the protection and study of the frague Arctic ecosystem.
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The Barents Euro-Arctic Council

1999
There was more dividing than uniting Europe’s High North during the post-war years. The borderlines and territorial delineations remained quite strict leaving little, if any, room for subregional entities to challenge the prevailing order. However, with end of the Cold War, the door was opened for much more flexible arrangements.
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The Arctic Council in Transition

2019
Over the course of its twenty-year lifetime the Arctic Council (AC) has undergone a transition from a low-profile regional institution known to only but a few, to an acclaimed primary forum for circumpolar and global cooperation on issues pertaining to the Arctic.
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The Arctic Council

2020
Piotr Graczyk, Svein Vigeland Rottem
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The Arctic Economic Council – the Origins

The Yearbook of Polar Law Online, 2015
On 2 September 2014, in the Canadian town of Iqaluit – the territorial capital of Nunavut – the founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council took place. By relying on founding documents, interviews with stakeholders who were engaged in the development of the concept of the Council, and by following the process of its establishment, the author ...
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