1st Edition

The Arctic Council Governance within the Far North

By Douglas Nord Copyright 2016
140 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

This book helps us to think carefully about how this area of the world should be best handled in the future by offering a concise and accessible introduction to the Arctic Council. Over the past two decades, the Arctic has evolved from being a remote region in international affairs to becoming an increasingly central concern of the global community. The issues of climate change, access to new... Read more

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

Biography

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.

'In The Arctic Council:Governance within the Far North, Douglas C. Nord of Umeå University in Sweden provides a concise, thoroughly researched, and immensely informative overview of the Arctic Council.'

Dave Canarie, Marine Policy Review