China-U.S.-Canada Relations on Arctic Governance

The new geopolitical landscape of the Arctic today is a significant departure from the great power politics that existed in the region during the Cold War era. The supremacy of the military presence and the security interests of the two superpowers during that time have now been replaced by the multi-polar military and security interests and naval capacity of the multiple Arctic states. In recent years, the exclusivity of the region has been challenged by the activities of stakeholders from outside the region, including international organizations and non-Arctic states, as they are taking special interest in many aspects of the Arctic that focus on scientific research, shipping and resource development.

This one-hour webinar invited three speakers from the United States, Canada and China to share their views on the respective policy on Arctic governance of these three countries, from the perspective of the Arctic littoral state and from Non-Arctic states. They also addressed the interactions of the three countries on the Arctic affairs, including areas of competition and potential cooperation such as climate change, natural resource exploration and extraction, the dynamic role of multilateral institutions in Arctic governance, and evolving great power security dynamics.

This webinar was part of the China-U.S.-Canada Trilateral Relations Roundtable series.

Speakers
SHERRI GOODMAN | Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center
ZHAO LONG | Assistant Director, Institute for Global Governance Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
ADAM LAJEUNESSE | Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University

Moderator
NONG HONG | Executive Director, Institute for China-America Studies

Opening & Concluding Remarks
JIA WANG | Interim Director, China Institute, University of Alberta