Section 1: Introduction

• Introduction – The Arctic Council: Twenty Years of Policy Shaping - Lawson Brigham, Heather Exner-Pirot, Lassi Heininen & Joël Plouffe
• This Year in the Arctic: Timeline of 2016 Events - Heather Exner-Pirot & Joël Plouffe
• Commentary – The Arctic Council in Perspective: Moving Forward - Hannu Halinen

Section 2: The Arctic Council as an Institution

• Environmental Decision-Making in the Arctic Council: What is the Role of Indigenous Peoples? - Michaela Louise Coote
• The Strength of Flexibility: The Arctic Council in the Arctic Norm-Setting Process - Camille Escudé
• Understanding Media Perceptions of the Arctic Council - Andrew Chater & Mathieu Landriault
• Finding a Place in the Arctic Council for Non-Arctic Actors: A Social Network Analysis of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme - Jennifer Spence
• Shaping Circumpolar Agendas: The Identification and Significance of “Emerging Issues” Addressed in the Arctic Council - Dorothea Wehrmann

Briefing Notes

• Arctic Council Upgrade: WWF Arctic Programme Policy Note - Marc-Andre Dubois, Bill Eichbaum, Alexander Shestakov, Martin Sommerkorn & Clive Tesar
• Lessons Learned from Three Recent Chairmanships of the Arctic Council - Douglas Nord

Commentaries

• U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council: Mid-Point - David Balton
• The Establishment and Progress of the Standing Arctic Council Secretariat - Magnús Jóhannesson
• Arctic Economic Council: Creating Parameters for Sustainable Economic Development in the Arctic - Tara Sweeney & Tero Vauraste
• Launching the Norwich Model Arctic Council - Anthony Speca

Section 3: Arctic Science, Diplomacy and Policy

• Science as Catalyst for Deeper Arctic Cooperation? Science Diplomacy and the Transformation of the Arctic Council - Clemens Binder
• Circumpolar Legislation on Pollutants: How Effective is Arctic Governance on Global Environmental Threats? - Doris Friedrich

Briefing Notes

• The Arctic Council’s Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation - Peter Oppenheimer & Molly Ma
• Arctic Research Across the Baltic States: Re-Integrated in the Northern Europe, Getting Closer to the Arctic Frostbites - Zane Šime
• Fulbright Arctic Initiative: An Innovative Model for Policy Relevant Research and Public Outreach - Ross Virginia et al.
• The Polar Data Catalogue: A Vehicle for Collaboration, Northern Community Partnerships, and Policy-Making - Dana L. Church, Julie E. Friddell & Ellsworth F. LeDrew
• Calotte Academy 2016: Building Arctic Resilience through Open Communication - Gerald Zojer & Laura Olsén

Commentaries

• The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment: Key Arctic Council Framework for Protecting Arctic Communities and the Marine Environment - Lawson W. Brigham
• From Inspiration to Action, From Action to Institution: Some Early Interventions of Arctic Collaboration in Sustainable Development - Eeva Furman
• The Arctic Council Produces a New Arctic Science Cooperation Agreement - Evan Bloom
• Building Partnership for a Sustainable Future - Erica M. Dingman

Section 4: Local and Indigenous Issues in Arctic Governance

• Greenland and the Arctic Council: Sub-national Regions in a Time of Arctic Westphalianisation - Inuuteq Holm Olsen & Jessica Shadian
• Lessons from Dumpcano: Governance Issues in Solid Waste Management in Nunavut - Gloria Song
• Barents Region: The Arctic Council as a Stabilizing Magnet - Florian Vidal

Briefing Notes

• Revisiting the Northern Forum: Lessons from Alaska’s Involvement - Emily Tsui

Commentaries

• The Arctic Council Permanent Participants: A Giant Step Forward in Capacity and Support - Jim Gamble
• The Arctic Council: A Tool for Regional Development and Policy-Shaping - Vladimir Vasiliev
• The Role of Regions and Cities in Arctic Cooperation - Esko Lotvonen
• Overlooking a Regional Crux of Vulnerability: Missing Women in the Arctic - Rachel Kohut & Tahnee Prior
• Tour of Canadian North Highlights Richness, Diversity, and Challenges - Bruce Heyman

Section 5: Arctic Geopolitics & Security

• Russian Air Patrols in the Arctic: Are Long-Range Bomber Patrols a Challenge to Canadian Security and Sovereignty? - Frédéric Lasserre & Pierre-Louis Têtu
• The Arctic as a Geopolitical Bond among the European Union, Norway and Russia - Matthaios Melas
• “An Arctic Great Power”? Recent Developments in Danish Arctic Policy - Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen
• The Political Economy of Russia’s Reimagined Arctic - George Soroka

Briefing Notes

• The Arctic Five Versus the Arctic Council - Andreas Kuersten
• The EU’s Arctic Future Following the Spring of Statements - Adam Stepien & Andreas Raspotnik
• Is there Scope for Scotland to develop its own Arctic Policy and What Would it Look Like? - Erik Kruse
• Stirred Waters Under the Ice Cap: An Analysis on A5’s Stewardship in the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Management - Leilei Zou
• Arctic Council’s Impact on Arctic Shipping - Ilker Basaran

Commentaries

• Crystal Serenity – A New Chapter in Arctic Shipping or Just “Doing it Right”? - David (Duke) Snider
• Transdisciplinary Dialogue on Board Between Eurasia and America: The 6th International Meeting of the State-Members of the Arctic Council, State-Observers to the Arctic Council and Foreign Scientific Community - Lassi Heininen
• An Arctic Forum for Security Co-operation? - Benjamin Schaller

Epilogue

• Dressing Up: Arctic Council at 20 - Klaus Dodds
• Obituary – Alyson Bailes - Lassi Heininen