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The volume is the seventh in the Korea Maritime Institute/East-West Center series on the Arctic in World Affairs. These volumes publish the papers from the annual North Pacific Arctic Conference which aims to provide a forum in which key individuals from relevant countries and major stakeholder groups are able to develop relations of trust that allow them to discuss complex and sometimes difficult issues pertaining to the maritime Arctic in a spirit of problem solving rather than advocacy. Bringing together prominent experts from three North Pacific Arctic states (Canada, Russia and the United States) and three leading North Pacific non-Arctic states, China, Japan and Korea including not only scientists but policy makers, indigenous representatives and other stakeholders, this volume addresses five major themes relating to the Arctic: the impacts of a changing global order; responsible development in the Arctic; sustainable Arctic communities; Arctic challenges and opportunities for global maritime industries; and opportunities for enhancing the dialogue between practitioners and analysts. The book goes beyond generalities; it identifies and evaluates the likely effectiveness of innovative measures designed to maintain the Arctic as a zone of peace and promote development in this region.