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Published in: HomeEurope beyond Utøya: addressing a crisisThe 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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Published in: HomeLet's unite! a wake-up call from Norway
The deadly attacks in Oslo are not only about Norway: they are about all of us. Ten years after the 9/11 terror, we...
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Published in: HomeNorway: terror and Islamophobia in the mirrorAs Norway ends its first month of mourning, media soundbites tell us that there is a desire to draw a line and move...
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Published in: HomeWhy let facts ruin the story? Norwegian comments on US coverage of the Norway terror
Instead of getting the facts, the US media seemed most concerned making reality fit their pre-fabricated narrative.
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Published in: HomeConfronting ‘extremisms’: the cautious way forward from the Norwegian tragedy
It is too easy to brand terrorists with labels. We need to consider, in depth, the reasons behind people’s actions -...
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Published in: HomeThe roots of Breivik's ideology: where does the romantic male warrior ideal come from today?
Breivik should be understood as an ideologue driven by reasons and not just as a psychological case. A careful...
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Published in: openSecurityNorway's promise: a measured counter-terrorism strategy
Norway's response so far holds the hope of a measured counter-terrorism strategy. But the media and policy makers...
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Published in: HomeNorway's atrocity: the mental tunnel
The deadly attacks in Norway are fuelling debate about multiculturalism, immigration, security and radicalisation....
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Published in: HomeNorway’s catastrophe: democracy beyond fear
The political response to atrocity often misjudges its character in ways that lead to further violations. This makes...
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Published in: HomeNorway: words as weapons
The massacre in Norway cannot be ascribed only to the killer’s mental derangement. It also reflects the everyday...
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Published in: HomeLetter from a Norwegian in Vienna
"We are a people in mourning." So we are. Wherever we are.
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Published in: Shine A LightThe coordinated attack on multiculturalism
Centre-right parties across Europe are announcing the failure of multiculturalism. We are witnessing a co-ordinated...
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Published in: HomeOld and new demagoguery: the rhetoric of exclusion
Right-wing populist parties tend to be anti-multinational and anti-intellectual: they endorse nationalistic,...
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Published in: HomeThe new Arctic: trade, science, politics
The opening of the Arctic to ship-passage will transform the region’s political as well as environmental landscape,...
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