After more than two decades, the Arctic Council considers what direction its future will take

As the Arctic Council looks to reform the way it goes about its business, critics suggest it needs to address mission creep and a “sclerotic” bureaucracy.

During the two decades it has existed, the Arctic Council has come to mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Heather Exner-Pirot, a Canadian academic who follows the organization closely, suggests that this may be something the organization should consider carefully as it draws up a plan for its direction the next decade and beyond.