This is a great primer on Svalbard.
Even more significant in light of the very significant France-Norway defence agreement that was just signed
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
Today, Norway and France have signed a comprehensive defence agreement under which the two countries commit to come to each other’s aid should the need arise. Together with nine other European countri...
My short piece for FRS about the Svalbard archipelago, where I was recently.
www.frstrategie.org/publications...
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