I. Introduction -- II. Policy Paradoxes: Challenges Confronting the Contemporary Arctic -- III. The Arctic Council in Transition -- IV. Chairs and International Organizations: The Case of the Arctic Council -- V. The Swedish Chairmanship: Foresight and Hindsight in Arctic Activism -- VI. The Canadian Chairmanship: Development or Bust -- VII. The U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council: Round Tw…