Recommendation 168

Prof Dodds told us that the UK should strengthen its relationships with other Arctic Council observer states such as Germany, Japan and South Korea with which the UK has shared interests in the region to consolidate a “coalition of the willing and able in Arctic matters”. 192 The Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge also told us that the UK could increase its influence in the Arctic by expanding its diplomatic and strategic relations with Arctic Council Permanent Observer states in East Asia and South-East Asia. 193 India—an emergent power with an Arctic strategy