Little Fish, Big Pond: Icelandic Interests and Influence in Arctic Governance

Abstract

The paper presents the Arctic Council and Iceland’s role within it before turning to issues that are governed outside of the Arctic Council system, in particular, Arctic fisheries and maritime boundaries. The paper explains Iceland’s approach to Arctic cooperation in light of its published policy documents and explore the tools available to Iceland to defend its interests.

Keywords

• fishing
• Iceland
• international law
• maritime boundaries
• shipping
• Arctic Council