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 Svalbard Treaty: A Viable 100-Year-Old or One Foot in the Grave? Oslo (High North News): This year, 100 years have passed since Svalbard became part of Norway. But the celebrant is still highly relevant, and PM Jonas Gahr Støre says the High North was one of the topics discussed during his recent visit with US President Donald Trump.
Myths of Svalbard Geopolitics Debunked by Researcher Svalbard researcher Andreas Østhagen says certain misunderstandings about Svalbard continue to appear in media and scholarly work, of which the most common concerns Svalbard’s status as a ‘shared space’ or its legal status as being ‘ambiguous.’ He says the Norwegian government’s silence is fueling such misconceptions.
Victory for the Norwegian State in the Case of Snow Crab Fishing off Svalbard Today, the Supreme Court of Norway delivered a historic judgment in the case of snow crab fishing and the geographical scope of the Svalbard Treaty. The Supreme Court has now concluded that the treaty does not give a Latvian shipping company the right to catch snow crab on the continental shelf off Svalbard.
Turkey Is One Step Closer to Accessioning the Svalbard Treaty Turkey's president Erdoğan has signed a bill on the country's accession to the Svalbard Treaty. The bill will be processed in the parliament's general assembly in the coming days.
