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Aslak Storaker

Storaker is a regular writer in Ny Tid, and a member of Rødt's international committee.
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Russia's problems with the transition of power

Ekaterina Schulmann: The Russian Political System in Transition
NERVØS ELITE: The Russian elite is preparing for a change of power in 2024. The elite struggles with declining legitimacy among ordinary people, but so far, people's dissatisfaction is reflected in apathy.
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"You may not be interested in the war, but the war is interested in you."

Jon Hellesnes: NATO complex. About military policy, nuclear weapons and Norwegian US service
BORN: With his new book The NATO Complex, philosopher Jon Hellesnes insists on the honorable dissident tradition of Luxembourg and Liebknecht.
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Defense budget for increased confrontation

Is it wise to undermine Norwegian base policy?
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Insights into a totalitarian dictatorship 

Terje Albregtsen: The fascist state of North Korea – an unusual travelogue
What kind of country is North Korea, and what do we really know about the North Koreans? 
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The war and the collective memory

Frode Faroe Islands: Enemy or ally? The communist resistance movement in Norway
Who writes the story? The communist resistance struggle during the war was long diminished.
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"All the warring parties in Syria are criminals"

We met Syrian peace activist Maram Daoud during the world's largest peace political festival.
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Not here, and not anymore

Dmitri Trenin: Should We Fear Russia?
The Russia-Georgia war in 2008 was to show that the NATO expansion eastward limit had been reached. With the Ukraine crisis of 2013 – 15, it was exceeded. 
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The 19. World Youth Festival

World peace – just a dream? Not for the young people who meet at what is probably the world's largest peace political festival.
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Peace with 40 annual crisis

Stein Tønnesson: Explaining the East Asian Peace A Research Story
In 30 years after the war, East Asia was one of the most violent regions in the world. Will the peace since 1979 continue?
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