Wilson Center’s Polar Institute Partners with Harvard’s Arctic Initiative on Groundbreaking Report
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Polar Institute and the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs released today a joint document entitled, A Strategic Plan for the Arctic Council: Recommendations for Moving Forward.
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June 6, 2019
Washington, D.C. and Cambridge, Massachusetts—The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Polar Institute and the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs released today a joint document entitled, A Strategic Plan for the Arctic Council: Recommendations for Moving Forward.
“This report provides a unique window into the ever-evolving role of the Arctic Council during a time when the Council is at inflexion point,” said Mike Sfraga, Director of the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center. “Balton and Ulmer layout practical and actionable recommendations that I am confident will positively inform the Council’s work going forward and by doing so, also provide to the reader a more clear picture of our new, global Arctic .”
The publication provides background on the Arctic Council’s accomplishments and its challenges as it matures. Changing conditions require ever-evolving strategies to be effective. The paper explores several ideas to address those challenges and recommends specific steps that the Council should take in the near term. It is the intent of the authors to further inform the Arctic Council’s effort and structure at a time of dynamic change.
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