Working Papers on Arctic Security

Focuses on the political climate leading up to the Russian government's suspension and subsequent reinstatement of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North.

Discusses evolution and significance of concept of protection of human security, which focuses on environmental and cultural threats to the survival of societies, groups, and individuals.

Analyzes the organisation's publications for evidence that it is framing environmental, economic and societal issues as threats to cultural security.

Describes how the organization has tried to shift focus from military security to issues of Inuit human security and self-determination.

Looks at attempts by Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich’in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) to frame Arctic climate change as a security issue.

Examines how the establishment of air force installations affected Inuit during the first two decades of the Cold War.