There are several arguments that keep recurring whenever the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are discussed. Two in particular deserve a closer look: that Russia is barely moving and therefore must be losing,…
25 Years of War After 9/11
Twenty-five years have passed since 11 September 2001. Almost 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks on the United States. It was a horrific crime that changed the world. But a quarter of a…
This Is an Amoral World
Killed 6,000 Jews: – Fine with it The Norwegian volunteer organisation supplies lethal equipment to Palestinian forces. In a conference room in Oslo, the Norwegian organisation Veteran Aid Palestine gives a talk about its work…
Has Norway Fooled Itself?
Since 2022, Norway has opened its borders, its treasury and its weapons stores to Ukraine. It began as a temporary relief effort for people fleeing. Four years later, the aid has become an almost permanent…
Article 5 — NATO’s Greatest Bluff?
NATO repeats Article 5 like a creed. An attack on one is an attack on all. The phrase has been used so many times that it is hardly scrutinised any more. It is simply accepted.…
NATO Is Meeting Again — But Who Is…
When NATO gathers in Turkey, first at parliamentary level in Istanbul and then with its top leaders in Ankara, it is presented as a meeting about security, unity and responsibility. But behind the fine words…
Norway Earned Around 3,000 Billion Kroner in War…
There is a strange quality to the Norwegian public debate: it is able to talk at length and coherently about what the war in Ukraine costs us – and systematically avoid talking about what it…