Dawn Alexandrea Berry is Postdoctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy, Security Studies, and Diplomatic History at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, USA.Nigel Bowles is Director of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford, UK.Halbert Jones is Director of the North American Studies Programme at St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.

• Introduction The Arctic, North America, and the World: A Political Perspective; The Hon. William C. Graham PART I: SOVEREIGNTY1. Arctic Governance and the Relevance of History; Shelagh D. Grant2. Canadian Arctic Shipping Regulations and the Law of the Sea; James Kraska3. Chinese Mining Interests and the Arctic; Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney LackenbauerPART II: SECURITY4. The Monroe Doctrine and the Governance of Greenland's Security; Dawn Alexandrea Berry 5. Strong Foothold or On Thin Ice? US Strategies for Development, Environmental Stewardship, and Security in the Arctic; Mihaela David6. Premier Partners: Canada, the United States and Arctic Security; Rob Huebert and P. Whitney LackenbauerPART III: INSTITUTION7. The Challenges of American Federalism in a Rapidly Changing Arctic; Chanda L. Meek and Emily Russell 8. Constitutional Development and Natural Resources in the North; Alastair Campbell and Kirk Cameron9. Institutions, Resources, and the Governance of Postcolonial Greenland; Richard C. Powell 10. The Emergence of an Arctic Council; John EnglishPART IV: OFFICIAL PERSPECTIVES11. United States Perspectives on the Arctic; Evan T. Bloom12. Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: Myths and Realities; Alan H. Kessel13. Greenland Self-Government and the Arctic; Mininnguaq KleistConclusion14. Inuit Peoples and the Governance of the North American Arctic; William L. Iggiagruk Hensley