Alaska’s Role in Arctic International Relations
March 20, 2023
The Arctic Council permanent participants ‘family photo’ taken during the 12th annual ministerial meeting in Iceland.
In the fourth of five videos highlighting content from the Alaska’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends report, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies’ Amy Lovecraft and UAF Center for Arctic Security and Resilience’s Brandon Boylan discuss Alaska’s role in making the United States an Arctic nation and how the state’s energy future is dependent on those relations. Boylan and Lovecraft convey the key points that state leaders must consider when navigating decisions against the backdrop of a changing Arctic.
The Â鶹¹ÙÍø recently released the first in a series of informational reports designed to aid state leaders as Alaska confronts a rapidly changing Arctic and the increasingly globalized North.