Conflict and violence as the main lines of the book magazine MODERN TIMES

WAR INDUSTRY:When the oil age is over, we can survive war - if we turn right. Drama series Made in Norway raises ethical issues for the Norwegian arms industry.

Hello there - 12. March 2020

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Black Ax is spreading fear all over the world

BLACK AX: The Nigerian mafia is spreading all over the world, including Scandinavia.

Iril Kolle - 1. March 2020

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AFRICA: A great many consultants and mission researchers have made good money on the crises in the belt that stretches across Africa. Sahel has become important not only for Norway, but also for the EU and the US.

Kjetil Fred Hansen - 1. January 2020

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Gaza is like mercury

GAZA: Can the proposed US solution of land redistribution and an expansion of the Gaza Strip end the conflict in the Middle East?

Nadia Othman - 3. November 2019

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The Assad family's long-standing mask game

Syria: The Assad family has ruled Syria since 1970. Sam Dagher's new book shows how the family has clung to power at all costs, exposing their cynical strategies and brutal acts of violence.

Francesca Borri - 1. November 2019

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Norway must say no to contributing militarily in the Gulf of Persia

NO TO USA: The anti-war initiative asks the government to refuse the US request to contribute militarily to the crisis in the Gulf of Persia.

antikrigsinitiativet@gmail.com - 1. September 2019

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The lost defender

ISRAEL: For almost fifty years, Lea Tsemel has been at the forefront of the fight for justice and compassion for those lost and impossible to defend.

Bianca-Olivia Nita - 1 AUGUST 2019

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Deputy wars' hidden interests

PROXY WARS: The United States and Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia have an indirect involvement in conflicts that is quite different from conventional warfare.

Hans Henrik Fafner - 1 AUGUST 2019

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Gaza: A silk thread separates life from death

ISRAEL-LANYARD: For people on the Gaza Strip, hope is running out.

Nadia Othman - 2. May 2019

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Class struggle or nationalism?

YELLOW VESTE: The speed with which Macron burns out shows how deep a crisis the national democracies in Europe are in.

Mikkel Bolt - 2. May 2019

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Post-traumatic growth

AFGHANISTAN: Does field priest and researcher Gudmund Waaler in a new book about soldiers' reactions to being at war have something new to add?

nilsvermund@gmail.com - 2. May 2019

internationally

Get the Defense home!

Party leader Bjørnar Moxnes emphasizes to MODERN TIMES why Red this month has four new proposals to the Storting. Red wants to reverse the government's eagerness to participate in attack wars.

Lene Grimstad - 1. March 2019

internationally

Is peace in the Central African Republic?

The parties to the conflict in the Central African Republic have signed a peace agreement. It is not the first time warring parties in the country have done just that, and it is hardly the last.

tomasroen@gmail.com - 1. March 2019

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The conflict in Ukraine

Loznitsa's film explores the controversy over facts that raged in Donbass, between Ukraine and the Russian-backed People's Republic of Donetsk in the eastern part of Ukraine.

Melita Zajc - 2. January 2019

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Politics, spirituality and religion under the sun of Africa

Religion gets too much room in analyzes of African conflicts, states state scientist Jean-François Bayart.

Kjetil Fred Hansen - 2. January 2019

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Everyday challenges in a pro-Russian battalion in Ukraine

Their Own Republic caused quite a stir at the Lisbon Film Festival last year, due to the film's somewhat pro-Russian stance. Nevertheless, it provides an interesting insight into a side of the Ukrainian conflict that is rarely mentioned in Western media.

Carmen Gray - 2. January 2019

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An eternal revolutionary

In a Cuba that is slowly moving further and further away from communism, a Cuban veteran is stuck in the past.

Bianca-Olivia Nita - 2. January 2019

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No more Russian heroes

Electing Russia sheds a depressing light on the opposition in Russia. Do they really represent a real change for the benefit of the people?

Nick Holdsworth - 2. January 2019

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Europe needs security for Russia, and security with Russia

What can the Western bloc do to improve the cool relationship with the great power in the east, asks Manfred Huterer, diplomat at the German embassy in Warsaw. Is an open dialogue and mutual respect between the West and Russia possible?

manfred@nytid.com - 2. January 2019

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An explanation of European racism

Islamist tries to understand the background of Muslim conditions in Europe, but the explanation in his analysis is limited.

Nina Trige Andersen - 2. January 2019

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