Joël Plouffe is co-managing editor of the Arctic Yearbook, a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) and a researcher at the Interuniversity Research Center on the International Relations of Canada and Québec (CIRRICQ) in Montreal. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/joel-plouffe/rss en Solutions Mon, 01 May 2017 08:39:47 +0000 Camille Escudé, Joël Plouffe https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/05/01/how-the-arctic-council-sets-the-tone-for-international-cooperation https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/05/01/how-the-arctic-council-sets-the-tone-for-international-cooperation WORLD POLICY: The Arctic Council is sometimes viewed as being ineffective because it lacks legal authority. But with flexibility comes strength, says Camille Escudé, a PhD candidate in international relations at Sciences Po-CERI, France.