Placing US Tanks in Svalbard is an exceptionally bad proposal Comment: Stockpiling of weapons, tanks, artillery and vehicles, including American ones, on the archipelago, is the latest proposal for "peaceful" development in the North.
The Norwegian King's Svalbard Visit Was Important for Completely Different Reasons Than Sovereignty Comment: Norway's King Harald has visited Svalbard. Iconic pictures of royalty struggling to get ashore on the stormy Arctic island of Bjørnøya, before boarding a trailer pulled by a tractor, are going around the world. From there, stories about the geopolitical significance of the King's visit have arisen.
