In 2018, I met Israel’s then chief of staff, General Gadi Eisenkot. We talked as two men with a shared historical experience. Both of us had served in Lebanon in 1978, he as an Israeli…
Europe is erupting in revolt – the Nordic…
Europe is experiencing a political and social uprising that could have far greater consequences than today’s leaders are willing to acknowledge. France has become the very symbol of this development. Hundreds of thousands are demonstrating,…
Trump’s attack on Norway – time to discuss…
Donald Trump’s remarks about Norway raise a bigger question: how dependent should the security and future of the Nordic countries be on the United States? “Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country, actually.”…
Cuba calls on the world to resist the…
When the UN General Assembly again considers the US economic blockade of Cuba on 27 and 28 October, it does so against the backdrop of a deepening humanitarian crisis. Cuba’s embassy in Norway describes the…
The Migrant Storm on Ceuta Did Not Come…
Nearly 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco during the dramatic mass movement on 30 and 31 July. Spanish authorities deployed police and military forces after border guards were overwhelmed, while dozens…
Has the Nansen Programme Become the Quisling Paradox…
“Sometimes you have to swear in church and ask a question Norwegian politicians would rather avoid: how long will Norway keep pouring tens of billions into Ukraine while all criticism of the spending is dismissed…
Have Høyre and Labour Played Out Their Role?
For generations, Norwegian politics has been governed by the same idea. Either the Labour Party governs Norway, or the Conservatives (Høyre) do. When people tire of one, the other gets a turn. Then a few…
The Kallas Doctrine: While Europe Arms for War,…
Where exactly is the war to be fought? In Norway? In the Baltics? In Poland? Or have Europe’s political leaders imagined that Russia, the world’s largest country and one of its two biggest nuclear powers,…
WHO BENEFITS FROM THE FEAR OF RUSSIA?
Norway, Poland, the think tanks and the arms industry Is Russia really as weak as some Western experts claim? Or is a great power with considerable military, economic and strategic resources being underestimated? Russia is…