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Published in: HomeNorway’s democratic exampleThe process and result in the trial of Anders Breivik are a vindication of Norway’s liberal democracy and a lesson...
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Published in: openSecurityBreivik court verdict: security lessons?
Now that the legal question of Anders Breivik’s sanity has been resolved it should be possible to focus more closely...
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Published in: HomeLegal insanity - look to Norway?The Norwegian penal law is one of the very few in the world that adheres to what is referred to as the medical...
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Published in: HomeJustice is just a wordThis Friday, Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik hears his verdict. It will do little to console the wreckage...
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Published in: HomeOne year after terrorism struck Norway: taking stock
Key figures in the Norwegian media have acted on the assumption that open confrontation with right-wing bloggers and...
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Published in: HomeBreivik and the Norwegian immigration debate
There is a limit to how much you can learn about moderates by looking at extremists. And if you stop noticing the...
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Published in: HomeNotes from the Editor-in-Chief
Our Editor-in-Chief launches a new front page feature. His first note reflects on Norway's past year and the need...
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Published in: HomeNorway - one year after: an open woundPopulist right-wing politicians expressing extreme views on immigration, Islam and Muslims, have in general been...
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Published in: HomeThe power of hate and the potential of Norway
Before 9/11, I hardly knew or saw anyone who wore a hijab or a long beard. Over the past decade, this has changed,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's trial, and a democratic lesson
The legal procedure in the case of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the Norwegian massacre of July 2011,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's atrocity: a story of non-impact
The immediate reactions to the terrorist attack in Oslo in July 2011 were both politicised and inaccurate. The...
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Published in: HomeHeart Against Stone: the story of a survivor from UtøyaThis excerpt is the first English translation of a remarkable account of the experience of one of the young...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s radical right: recognising and managing the ‘threat’
Safeguarding communities and nations from the potential threats of radical right narratives is not about controlling...
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Published in: HomeEurope beyond Utøya: addressing a crisis
The slaughter of citizens in Norway in July 2011 was more than the act of an individual: it emerged from a political...
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Published in: HomeBolts from the blue: method and madness in the West
The Norwegian massacre and the gun attack on a US congresswoman were both dismissed as the work of deranged loners....
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Published in: HomeGangs and wolves: violence and vulnerability in a global economy
Forces of globalization provide the link between the areas of extreme criminal violence in poorer countries and the...
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Published in: HomeThe national Us: the Norwegian idea of togetherness
Ingen Utenfor is the very successful anti-bullying campaign run by Save the Children in Norway. In English it means...
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Published in: HomeThe net of hatred: after Utøya
The public debate in Norway following the massacre of 22 July 2011 is taking shape. A key focus is the obsessional...
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Published in: HomeBreivik: killing the leftHowever nuanced, it is striking how little extant interpretations attend to the fact that Breivik’s most grotesque...
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Published in: HomeStakeholders of goodwill: neither the "salad bowl" nor the "melting pot"
Meaningful stakeholders in the collective, each becoming reasonable people of goodwill - this is the model for...
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