Torgeir E. Fjærtoft is a Norwegian diplomat and now a Visiting Research Fellow with the Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Oslo. His latest posting was to Saudi Arabia, but his longest experience has been of the UN, EU / EEA and German issues. His current research project is on collective security in the Middle East.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On the failures of western-Russia policies and what to do about themEurope must disengage from US policy, initiating a comprehensive political process patterned on the common security...
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Published in: HomeWestern countries are more secure without nuclear armsNATO’s current nuclear strategy is untenable. Crises during the Cold War reveal that nuclear strategies become...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFrom failure to engagement: a new western strategy in the Middle EastWestern strategy in the Middle East has been torn between support for brutal dictatorships, and an urge to see the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNatural borders, beware a dangerous ideaWhatever borders follow the ongoing violence and war, they must under no circumstances be ‘natural’.
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Published in: HomeWhen personal courage saved the worldIn actual decision-making situations like the one Petrov faced on his watch at the command centre, group dynamics,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael, Iran, Saudi Arabia: military postures and alternativesThe three countries, and groups within them, are locked in narratives of confrontation, victimhood and fear. At...