Hans Henrik Fafner

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: They did not aim at achieving political power at all, but at reforming society from below. One had to create a new and more ethical society by bringing the individual citizen closer to an Islamic way of thinking – including piety, self-denial and cooperation in social affairs. Hamas is a direct ideological offshoot.

ISRAEL/PALESTINE: The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah remained silent when it all broke out in Gaza. Observers had expected that the events of 7 October would almost automatically lead to a new and even more violent intifada.

GAZA: This book certainly does not lie in the depiction of Israel's brutal conduct in the Gaza Strip, at the same time it creates a helicopter view that sees a series of misunderstandings and misjudgments on both sides.

MYTHS: Ilan Pappe tackles a number of the myths which, in the current situation, have come into frequent use during the decontextualization and dehistoricization of Gaza. Here he describes Hamas as a freedom movement.

GAZA: Morten Strøksnes has chosen an unconventional and gifted approach by describing the first 366 days of the war in the form of a long series of roughly chronologically arranged bullet points, which together become a representation of the war's architecture.

USA: The American mission looks at the interesting field of tension between patriotism and liberalism, between inclusion and exclusion, and internationally between what are seen as friends and enemies of freedom. An analysis of how political myths formed the basis for an understanding of US national identity and agency in international conflicts, and of the 'American century', which seems to be fading these years.

NATURE: Uncharted Territory must be essential reading for anyone concerned with and interested in the death trail the planet is on. Anders Dunker gives us 16 conversations about our common survival.

CHRISTIANITY: Expressions of modern racism must not just be understood as a current phenomenon with roots in the totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century, but as something that can be traced all the way back to the earliest days of Christianity. This book also addresses crimes against humanity.

INTELLIGENCE: In the United States, 18 different U.S. agencies at the government level are engaged in intelligence activities. In 1996 there were 6 million decisions to declassify material – by 2016 this had grown to 55 million!