The Arctic Council: Governance Within the Far North

ISBN-13: 9781138477797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 124 str.

Douglas C. Nord

Opis

This volume helps us to think carefully about how this area of the world should be best handled in future by offering a concise and accessible introduction to the Arctic Council. Now in its sixteenth year of operation, this innovative international organization is going through a period of new growth and challenges.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Far North  Chapter 2. Creating an Arctic Regime  Chapter 3. The Structure and Operation of the Arctic Council  Chapter 4. Governance Challenges Faced by the Arctic Council  Chapter 5. Looking to the Future

O autorze

Douglas C. Nord is an established scholar in the fields of international relations and comparative politics. His areas of specialty include the foreign and northern development policies of Canada, the Nordic states and Russia as well as the United States. He has written extensively on the relations between the countries of the circumpolar north and on the emergence of the Arctic as a central concern of contemporary international politics. Professor Nord has taught and undertaken research inquiries at various educational institutions across the region. He presently conducts his studies at the University of Umeå in Sweden.