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The Arctic Council after Kiruna

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2013

Philip E. Steinberg  and
Klaus Dodds
Philip E. Steinberg
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE ([email protected])
Klaus Dodds
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX
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Abstract

This note considers the latest iterations to the Arctic Council following the May 2013 ministerial meeting in Kiruna, Sweden. While new state observers including China and Japan were admitted, the European Union's application was deferred and the entire list of non-governmental and intergovernmental organisation applicants was rejected without consideration. Although time-based pressures may have been a factor, the failure to consider the non-state entities’ applications has the effect of reinforcing the impression that the Arctic Council is and will remain a state-centric body.

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Polar Record , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 108 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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