As the High North gains in strategic importance, the Svalbard archipelago shifts into focus, and while it’s Norwegian territory, Russia maintains rights to a presence here under a 1920 treaty.
The UK has committed to strengthening the defence of the High North with increased troop deployments, carrier strike group operations and active leadership in Nato and joint regional exercises.
But does this leave British forces more exposed in a known Russian stronghold?
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