A new era in the Arctic Council's external relations? Broader consequences of the Nuuk observer rules for Arctic governance

ABSTRACT This article studies the role of observers under both the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) and the Arctic Council (AC) before the Nuuk ministerial meeting that took place in May 2011. In this meeting, the AC actors were able to find consensus on criteria for admitting new obs...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Graczyk, Piotr, Koivurova, Timo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Nuuk
Arctic Council
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000824
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000824
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Summary:ABSTRACT This article studies the role of observers under both the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) and the Arctic Council (AC) before the Nuuk ministerial meeting that took place in May 2011. In this meeting, the AC actors were able to find consensus on criteria for admitting new observers, an issue that has received much media attention, given that China and the European Union, for example, are queuing to become observers in the AC. It is of importance to examine the content of these recently adopted Nuuk observer rules and their potential to impact decision-making on whether the external actors can be included as observers. Moreover, this article studies how, if at all, the Nuuk observer rules might affect the position of the AC in the broader setting of circumpolar cooperation.

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