Hans Henrik Fafner

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!

COMMUNITY: What happens when there is further pressure on falling profit rates brought on by cheaper products for consumers, triggered by greater competition? And with a kind of intensified state control of virtually all socio-economic aspects of life?

SHAME: The Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has noble motives for her outbursts against the establishment, but she is also part of a modern trend where shame and shaming have become part of everyday politics and the often dystopian debate on social media. This book takes a closer look at shame.

FRED: Linn Stalsberg identifies in his new book that accepting war as a human normal state is one of the great danger signals today. We have become accustomed to the idea that war is a necessity, and that war can be morally required on top of that. At the same time, religion is often used cynically as a tool to promote a warlike development – ​​this extends from Pope Urban to Putin and Netanyahu to Hamas.

GAZA: Sheikh Jarrah describes how the Israeli authorities subsequently sought to silence the journalists. Here is a current book – in connection with the murdered journalists in Gaza. The democratic function of the media is not always so democratic.

ARMS: There are a number of developments in the three oil states of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, which Jean-Loup Samaan researches in his latest book. These are the three oil states that account for 17 percent of all arms purchases worldwide. Saudi Arabia's desire to become a nuclear power in order to stand up to Iran.