Although Arctic stakeholders have tended toward cooperation, punctuated by occasional tensions, climate change in the Arctic continues to increase both the global presence in and attention to the region (Palma et al., 2019, p. 215; Dawson et al., 2020, p. 19). Rovaniemi’s events led Arctic Centre Director Timo Koivurova, for instance, to question whether the “importance” of the existing set of Arctic governance mechanisms “would diminish” if competition among the United States, Russia, and China continued to escalate (Koivurova, 2019). Now, the question of whether existing mechanisms for cooperation and information-sharing are sufficient for handling future diplomatic challenges must be examined.