Thawing Out: The Role of the Arctic Council Service in a Melting Arctic

• Main Author: Enos, Taylor J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Salve Regina 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Government policy; Oil Industry; Politics; Maritime; Environment; Resource Extraction; Arctic Council Service; Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Health and Protection; Environmental Law; Environmental Sciences; International and Area Studies; International Business; International Law; Land Use Law; Natural Resources Law; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Oil; Gas; and Energy; Petroleum Engineering; Public Affairs; Public Policy and Public Administration; Arctic Council
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/pell_theses/105; https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/context/pell_theses/article/1105/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf; https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/context/pell_theses/article/1105/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Bibliography.docx; https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/context/pell_theses/article/1105/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/Appendix.docx

With the changing natural and political climate of the Arctic, conflicts over resource extraction and navigation will become inevitable. Empowering an intergovernmental institution like the Arctic Council Service may be the only solution. This paper analyzes the importance and history of the Arctic as a political environment, which is prone to abuse in the very near future at the hands of Russia and the United States.