Jai asked: What benefits can India derive now being an observer state in the Arctic Council?

Reply: Please refer to following publication/reports

Uttam Kumar Sinha, “Climate Change Narratives: Reading the Arctic”, IDSA Monograph Series No 25, 2013;

Arvind Gupta, “India's Gains from Arctic Council”, The New Indian Express, July 31, 2013;

Sarabjeet Singh Parmar, “The Arctic: Potential for Conflict amidst Cooperation”, Debate, Strategic Analysis, Routledge, 37 (4), July 2013;

Olav Schram Stokke, “The Promise of Involvement: Asia in the Arctic”, Debate, Strategic Analysis, 37 (4), July 2013;

Ashlid Kolas, “Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty and Resource Governance in the Arctic”, Debate, Strategic Analysis, 37 (4), July 2013;

Uttam Kumar Sinha, “The Arctic: An Antithesis”, Strategic Analysis, 37 (1), January 2013;

Inaugural Address by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director General, IDSA at IDSA-PRIO Workshop on Global Governance and Resource Use: The Case of the Arctic, November 19, 2012;

Report of IDSA-PRIO Workshop on Global Governance and Resource Use: The Case of the Arctic, November 19, 2012;

Arvind Gupta, “Importance of Arctic Region”, The New Indian Express, June 28, 2012; and

P.K. Gautam, “The Arctic as a Global Common”, IDSA Issue Brief, September 02, 2011.

Video Presentation
Brief Presentation on Arctic by Uttam Kumar Sinha, September 09, 2013

Also, refer to an earlier reply by Uttam Kumar Sinha posted in this section, at http://idsa.in/askanexpert/WhatcanIndiadotosecureitsinterestsinArctic

Posted on March 03, 2014