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In the final and shortest chapter, I recapitulate the main arguments in this book and ask why we have an Arctic Council in the first place, emphasizing its role between environmental protection and geopolitics. By then, I hope the reader will have gained some understanding of the Arctic Council.
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At the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasised that this was a research expedition and not an attempt to annex the pole: “When explorers reach a point where no one has been before, they plant a flag.” Cited in Charles Emmorson (2010): The Future History of the Arctic (New York: Public Affairs), p. 82.
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Aftenposten (2013) “Norway will give China a place in the Arctic Council”. 12 May 2013.
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Arctic Council 2013, The Arctic Council Observer Manual (last updated 2016).
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See, for example, Ted Hopf (2010): “The logic of habit in International relations”. European Journal of International Relations, 16 (4), pp. 539–561.
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In that regard one can cite researcher and Arctic Council expert Elana Rowe: “Norway’s status as an information provider, a convener and a bridge to Russia gives the country a degree of influence in Arctic multi-lateral settings” Elana Rowe (2013): “Arctic hierarchies? Norway, status and the high north”. Polar Record. Published online February 2013, p. 1.
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Rottem, S.V. (2020). The Arctic Council: Between Environmental Protection and Geopolitics. In: The Arctic Council. Palgrave Pivot, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9290-0_5
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