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Published in: HomeThe new wave of counter-terrorism
The FREE Initiative aims to prevent and counter far-right extremism across Europe by creating a platform for...
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Published in: HomeIn praise of family existentialism
Two enraged, thrilling epics of the everyday make the reader the equivalent of the algorithm, seeking patterns...
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Published in: HomeNet names for safe shelter
A proposal for making the net safer by combining Norwegian legislation with a new use for its unused digital domains.
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Published in: HomeEthics committee to universities: oil research can be unethical
The Norwegian committee on research ethics tells institutions that oil research, often sponsored by the industry, is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Social democracy in Norway’s culture wars
An exploration of the various elements of Norwegian culture that have over time fostered a deep-rooted...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The same creed: a conversation about Scandinavian democracy with Bo Lidegaard
"In my eyes, there is nothing in the Scandinavia model that suggests that we cannot compete. Actually, there is a...
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Published in: HomeThe Norwegian shift to the right: 10 short lessons on The Progress Party
Norway seems to have taken a sharp turn to the right, and some have warned of right-wing extremism in a bastion of...
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Published in: HomeHow to deflate the carbon bubble
The fossil fuel industry hurts the climate – and the economy. In Norway, environmentalists and labour union...
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Published in: HomeA death in the Congo
On 18 August, Tjostolv Moland, a 32-year-old former officer of the Norwegian army, was found dead in his prison cell...
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Published in: HomeDon’t look to Norway, Mr Cameron!
Many in Britain now suggest taking Norway as an inspiration for successful life outside the EU – but is the...
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Published in: Home'Brexit': a view from Norway
Norway has often been cited as an example of what Britain's future relationship with the EU might look like. One of...
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Published in: HomeInnocence of America: orientalism, hooligans and radicals
This is not a debate about “blasphemy”, about freedom of expression; this is a debate about a carefully orchestrated...
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Published in: HomeRecovering from terror
A year on from the Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks on Norway, Marte Christensen conducted a series of...
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Published in: HomeSomething rotten in the kingdom of Norway
At the end of his trial, the terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was deemed sufficiently sane to be imprisoned. But the...
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Published in: HomeTrilogy of tragedy
Three texts taken together invoke Norway’s darkest day in peacetime.
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Published in: HomeNorway’s democratic example
The 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 word
This 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...