Negotiating Authority: Indigenous Diplomacy across Arctic

Join us in person for a roundtable that examines Indigenous diplomacy as a form of institutional engagement operating simultaneously across multiple political arenas.

This roundtable will examine Indigenous diplomacy as a form of institutional engagement that operates simultaneously across multiple political arenas. Indigenous leaders today participate in regional governance frameworks, national political systems, and global institutions addressing Indigenous rights. Each of these arenas operates according to different institutional logics, legal structures, and political incentives. Understanding Indigenous authority in contemporary governance therefore requires examining how representation is translated across these different institutional environments.

The discussion will explore how Indigenous diplomacy functions within the institutional architecture of Arctic and global governance. Particular attention will be given to the ways in which governance institutions—from national governance systems within Arctic states to regional institutions such as the Arctic Council and global frameworks within the United Nations—structure the conditions under which Indigenous actors exercise authority.

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Host or Publisher Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies