Graduate student fellows with the in the 天美影视传媒 Jackson School of International Studies have begun publishing a 13-part series of blogs exploring aspects of the intergovernmental as a 21st-century institution.
The blog series began publication July 5 and will continue through Sept. 7 at the World Policy Institute’s website. The first of the student pieces, by Brandon Ray, has been .
Kicking off the series was a piece by , managing director of the UW Canadian Studies Center and lead for the Arctic Fellows Initiative in the Jackson School, with Jackson School lecturer and independent scholar Eric Finke, on “.”
Essays by fellows in the International Policy Institute and their topics and dates are as follows.
July 6: “Is the Arctic Council Still a Visionary Leader?” by
July 10: “Is the U.S. Ready for an Arctic Oil Spill?” by
July 17: “Bonanza Denied 鈥� the Double-Edged Sword of Arctic Development,”
by
July 24: “Protecting the Polar Seaways,” by
July 26: “The Ripple Effect 鈥� Downstream of the 66th Parallel,” by
Aug. 2: “Breaking the Ice for Indigenous Voices on the World Stage,” by
Aug. 7: “No No Gain for Indigenous Groups,” by
Aug. 9: “Ships and Ice Don’t Mix,” by
Aug. 16: “Stronger Together: Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science,” by
Aug. 21: “An Emerging Voice: The Arctic Council Could Lead in Right to Water,” by
Aug. 30: “#SomethingHasToBeSaid: Angry Inuk鈥檚 Direct Yet Gentle Crusade,” by
Sept. 6: “Who Needs the Arctic Council Anyhow? Quebec鈥檚 Arctic Leadership,” by
Sept. 7: “Asian Tiger Meets the Polar Bear,” by
The Jackson School’s International Policy Institute is funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, with the of better connecting higher education research and expertise with the policy world in the area of global affairs.
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To learn more about the Arctic Fellows Initiative, contact Nadine Fabbi at 206-543-6269 or nfabbi@uw.edu.