Agenda-shaping in the Arctic Council: Projecting national agendas in a consensus-based regime
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2015

Traditionally, literature on formal leadership has neglected the role of the chairmanship held by states in interstate fora, with several arguing that such an administrative position is of no importance to the country that holds it. However, Jonas Tallberg (2003a, 2006, 2010) argues that the chairmanship possesses an arsenal of means, which can be used to secure a state´s national interests. The agenda-shaping powers of the chair enable a state to set the agenda, structure the agenda according t