Arktisk råds rolle i polarpolitikken

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Torbjørn Pedersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Arktisk Råd; Canada; Danmark; Norge; Russland; skipsfart; Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Ilulissat; Norway; Arctic Council; Arktis*; Arktisk råd
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.2314; https://doaj.org/article/5a9f03b744c64cccb7ef42a444284d05

This article discusses what role(s) member governments want the Arctic Council to have in Arctic affairs. It compares the foreign policies of the five littoral states of the Arctic Ocean: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States. It identifies and examines three determining debates on a ministerial level over the Arctic Council and the issues it might address: The first debate preceded the Arctic Council's creation in 1996; the second thrived as the five Arctic littoral states convened in Ilulissat, Greenland in 2008; and the third followed a political shift inthe United States in 2009.