How Norway and Russia avoid conflict over Svalbard
ANALYSIS: Personal relationships and shared interests in the region have help Russia and Norway deal with potential conflicts.
June 27, 2018
1999
In 1977, Norway established a maritime Fisheries Protection Zone (FPZ) around the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. Norway avoided claiming an outright Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) fearing it would be challenged due to stipulations (or lack thereof) concerning extended maritime zones in the Svalbard Treaty from 1920.
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