Recommendation 1:
For military de-escalation and maintaining peace in the Arctic, there needs to be a forum to discuss security issues. ALL relevant actors need to be included. This could be done in two ways:
- Create a branch of the Arctic Council that focuses on security: To do this, it would be necessary to amend the 1996 Ottawa Convention by removing footnote 1. This branch of the AC would also need to have an expanded voting membership, to include relevant actors such as China, NATO, Japan, the UK, and others.
- Create a new organization called Arctic Collaboration Through International Cooperation and Security (ARCTICS): ARCTICS will be an annual conference to discuss Arctic security issues. It will include regional and extra-regional actors, such as countries, governmental and non-governmental international organizations, and relevant Indigenous groups. Its ultimate goal will be to reach a binding agreement between military actors in the region to maintain peace and regulate de-escalation.
Recommendation 2:
Create a new organization called the Arctic Regional Council on Fisheries and International Sustainable Harvesting (ARCFISH)
Annual conference that brings together delegates from the Regional Fishery Management Organizations that cover Arctic water and states who claim shares to Arctic fisheries within their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). The conference will allow actors to discuss common management conflicts, such as overlapping share claims, unilateral fishery management, climate change, and scientific uncertainty.
